This is one of my ancient paperbacks that I first finished on Mo 2/17/97 'at the Club'.
I refinished Th 4/27/23 after the home visit from Aetna (Lindsey Terrell)
The story takes place just before the US invasion of Iraq to unseat Saddam Hussein. The plot is driven by a possible famine that would take place in Russia at the collapse of the country's government. A partnership between Germany and Japan would develop a procedure to feed the country. Investors would provide the money and major companies would introduce distribution and transportation services to make the plan work.
The problem is that many would be suspicious of a partnership between Germany and Japan. It brings back bad memories of WWII.
The details of the plot revolve around how these 'movers & shakers' try to implement this audacious plan.
I really liked the book and would read more of Morris West.
From the book's page at Barnes and Noble:
...Autumn 1990. The world is teetering on the edge of war in the Gulf, Germany is reunited and a crumbling USSR stares ruin in the face. In Japan, a group of powerful men and women gather to create a rescue plan that will bring all three countries together for the first time in fifty years. Polyglot international publisher Gill Langton is mediator-in-chief. Treading the highest wire of global power-broking, he alone can balance politics with intrigue, maneuver with counter-maneuver. But his love for the beautiful, enigmatic Martha could bring it all tumbling down.
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