The Aquitaine Progression

The Aquitaine Progression first edition cover.
Author	Robert Ludlum
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	February 12, 1984
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	647 pp (first edition)
ISBN	0-394-53674-6
OCLC	9943106
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3562.U26 A87 1984

The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984.^[1]

Plot summary

Joel Converse is a lawyer, having previously been a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. Because of his wartime experiences with Command Saigon, in the form of a psychopathic general named "Mad" Marcus Delavane, he is chosen to thwart a cabal of former generals bent on world domination.

The Generals

• Erich Leifhelm, a former Field Marshal from Nazi Germany, who ingratiated himself with the West after the defeat of Hitler.
• Chaim Abrams, a tough-as-nails sabra, a hero to Israeli independence.
• Jacques-Louis Bertholdier, a hero of the French Resistance who revels in his past as an assistant to De Gaulle.
• Jan van Headmer, a South African general known as the "slayer of Soweto."
• George Marcus Delavane, a bloodthirsty U.S. general from the Vietnam war.

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