The Alliancecaptured Teshik alive, put him ontrialfor "inhuman atrocities committed against thecitizens of thegalaxy," convicted him, and sentenced him to death.
With "fronts" everywhere and nowhere, geopolitical logic demands an alliance of virile, clear-eyed countries around the globe which are alive to this new peril.
The raw detail of an Anglo-American defence dispute from 40 years ago will be mainly of historical interest, even though some of the issues raised burden-sharing, alliance reliability and Britain's place in Europe are as alive as ever.