Team Yankee

A Novel of World War III

By: Harold Coyle

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

During the second half of the 20th century, East and West stood on the brink of war. Nowhere was this more evident than in Central Germany, where 10,000 tanks belonging to NATO stood ready to resist a ground attack spearheaded by 40,000 Warsaw Pact tanks. It was a war that never was. But what if it had? How would the opening days of World War III played out?

Team Yankee, the New York Times best-seller by Harold Coyle, presents a glimpse of what it would have been like for the soldiers who would have had to meet the relentless onslaught of Soviet and Warsaw Pact divisions. Using the geo-political and military scenarios described by General Sir John Hackett, former NORTHAG commander and author of World War Three; August 1985, Team Yankee follows the war as seen from the turret of Captain Sean Bannon's tank.

Through Bannon's eyes, and those of the men belonging to his tank heavy combat team, the listener lives through the first 14 days of World War III. The action is vivid and exciting, the tension palpable. Defeat and death are as close as victory.

©2016 Harold Coyle (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Good listen

Good listen of what may have and still could happen. Well put together and thought out. Enjoy voice of reader.

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When I read this book as a hardback back in the 1980s , it was a great story from the perspective of a small unit. Although dated from the cold war, and therefore not as relevant as it once was, there are still lessons to be learned for our less educated younger generations, steeped as they are in a morality that renders them hypocritical, and lacking the perspective that is no longer taught in history or social studies classes, the bareboned rawness of death for ones country, in the pursuit of that country’s goals is still to be admired, if only from its selflessness. It’s a reminder that we as citizens could be asked again to sacrifice in those goals, and it tends to relegate our own sense of self importance to a more realistic level. That alone should be enough to admire in this work of fiction, as it would be in as well a written memoir. 30 some years past, and the story is still enthralling, just as the last chapter still seems like a rushed attempt to end what up to then was a very captivating read. Hence my only criticism, that it wasn’t a trilogy.

A Soldier's story

I read this as a young Lieutenant as a description of the Cold war battles across the Fulda gap we prepared & rehearsed for... a couple years later after leading a cavalry Troop in the First Gulf War I re-read it, laughing at all the details Harold Coyle had embedded in a fictional tale hat were so much the remembrances of a real war.... with it on audio I again chuckled & hung me head at the parts of his fictional account that so clearly captured stark realistic memories.... highly recommended, despite the "dated" status of H-series TOE's (Army organizational structures).

Great book. Narration was so so.

'Team Yankee' has been one of my favorite book since I read it in high school back in 1989!

Would like to see 'Sword Point' on Audible. I would be more than happy do the narration of this book. Its a great follow on to 'Team Yqnkee'.

Team Yankee is good. RSR is better.

Performance was good, but the story could have been better. Focused more on the armor than why they're fighting. Motivations and thought processes are muddy, description of tactical and operational methods are ok. Good listen if you want to hear stories about tankers blowing stuff up.

good story. 👍

the material was well defined and the narration was tight. I want to hear more.

Cold War era but still a good story.

Written by a U.S. Army tank officer. Great first person account of tank warfare with mechanized infantry attached.

The person reading the book mispronounced military terms like HE rounds as “he” rounds but eventually settled down to a fair reading.

Just like I remembered!

I first read this book when I was a sophomore in high school, and listening to it was like reconnecting with an old friend. It initially appealed to me because it was about the Army, Armored Combat and Germany. You see at the time my father was in the Army, we lived in Germany and loved reading everything about Tanks and Armored Combat, so I guess you could say the interest was already there. I so loved this book then that I ended up joining the Army as an M1 Abrams crew member and for the next 22 years of my life I crewed it. Some people can remember where they were when they made a choice that started them down the particular road that they are now traveling on, well I can remember the book that launched me on mine, and that book is Team Yankee!

Highly Recommend

Started this book due getting into the WW3 Team Yankee miniature game. This book is very encapsulating. I wish there was a second book. Definitely worth a listen if you like war

Honest story

Something more Americans should read-listen to. Reflect a reality of war with political never understand.