-BOOKS-

BOOK ONE: The Restless years: The Winds of Change

BOOK TWO: Despair and Dissent

BOOK THREE: Covenant Betrayed


FORWARD

I wrote Covenant Betrayed (CB) between 1978 and 1985. The writing part took
about fourteen months; the rest of the time was research. CB, like
Huckleberry Finn's journey down the Mississippi, is an historical fiction
journey through the 1960's, (1963 -1975); a journey beginning with romantic
innocence, progressing to realism, ending with expressionism, followed by
rebirth. Today the concept of the sixties is free love sex, drugs,
longhaired hippies, rock and roll, civil rights, the antiwar movement,
Black power, riots. The characterization is often stereotypical,
and superficial. The issues and conflicts of the young soldiers and their
counterparts were intense and historical fiction gives a more vivid picture
within the rather dry facts and analysis of history. What was it really like?
What was it like, being a soldier in Vietnam, an antiwar protester, a hippie,
a Black, a man, a woman? This is what the book attempts to answer.
Historical fiction gives history more meaning and understanding of the issues
during a particular epoch. The emotional intense painful conflict at that
time adds to the value of history and makes it more rewarding
and hopefully educational.