This book is a fiction, a future history, taking place at an undefined time, perhaps 20 or 25 years from now. It looks at the mind-set and the myths that make the United States do what it does, at home and abroad. American relations with the Russians and the Chinese are pretty dicey. The Middle East remains a tinderbox. US relations with its allies and Canada are not much better. Momentous plans are being made in places like Beirut, Moscow and Jerusalem. American armored troops are massed on the Canadian border. But it is also a love story - with a surprise ending!