Robert FlanaganAuthor, Editor, Publisher
Books Available from Connemara Press
Involuntary Tour, a novel: Book I in "The ASA Trilogy" by Robert FlanaganConnemara Press/AuthorHouse 2009. Read more
Dedication: This trilogy of novels is dedicated to the soldiers of the U.S. Army Security Agency (ASA), a defunct organization. This Military Intelligence element, when extant within the U.S. Army, served multiple masters, often to its disfavor. The players contributed their time, efforts, skills, and in some cases, their lives, in the far corners of the world without acknowledgement or recognition by the very American ciitzens whom they protected. That their service occurred within a clandestine environment accounts for much of this so-called “Spook” outfit’s public invisibility. ASA has long deserved the telling of their story. This is, at least, one such telling.
In abiding respect for the barren hours and years in far-flung field stations, border sites, DF sites, logistics support bases, and covert locations on the ground, at sea, and in the air, this book is humbly proffered in the hope that its author has managed to capture a bit of the work, some of the play, the often grim realities, and the mad, zany improbabilities of such service. The established need for secrecy in that world impacted not only the job, but inevitably affected personal lives. Veterans of this service often still live in denial of their bizarre lives and times in the surreal world of ASA.
Enough time has passed, and technology advanced beyond operational techniques of those days—the days encompassed in these three books: the 1950s and ‘60s—to allow some of that story to be told. But I caution, lest the reader forget: This is a work of fiction!
Glossary of Military Terms, slang and foreign language phrases used in "The ASA Triology" for those not familiar with the jargon. Download pdf document.
Also Available from Connemara Press:
Peripheral Visions a collection of short fiction by Robert FlanaganMountain State Press 2003 Read more
Bits & Pieces a collection of short essays from newspaper columns by Bob Flanagan
Connemara Press/Berryville Graphics 2001 Read more
Adventures in Hell: Vol. 1 stories, memoirs, poems and articles about the Viet Nam War written by Viet Nam veterans, including work by Robert Flanagan. David Anderson, Editor
Ritz Publications 1990 Read more
