The Aquitaine Progression

The Aquitaine Progression

Infobox Book |
name = The Aquitaine Progression
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image_caption = "The Aquitaine Progression" first edition cover.
author = Robert Ludlum
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country = United States
language = English
series =
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genre = Thriller, Novel
publisher = Random House
pub_date = February 12, 1984
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 647 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = ISBN 0394536746
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"The Aquitaine Progression" is a novel by Robert Ludlum originally published in 1984.

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.

Publication history


*1984, US, Random House ISBN 0394536746, Pub date February 12, 1984, Hardback
*1985, US, Bantam Books ISBN 0553249002, Pub date February 1, 1985, Paperback
*1984, UK, Grafton ISBN 0246114185 Pub date March 1984, Hardback
*1999, UK, HarperCollins ISBN 0586052771, Pub date January 4, 1999, Paperback

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