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Charlotte’s War

This epic novel follows one extraordinary American woman as she grieves and triumphs through the horrific realities of three wars that threaten the men she loves.

Charlotte Shipwright is in the fight of her life to save her firstborn son from facing a truth she knows all too well—the dreadful impact of war. As Charlotte weaves through major world events, her remarkable will and intelligence position her to offer key insights to leaders negotiating peace in Vietnam.

The formidable connections Charlotte forges over the years—including visionaries such as JFK, two U.S. Secretaries of State, and even Ho Chi Minh—culminate in a surprising and captivating convergence of personalities, power, and politics.

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Praise for Charlotte’s War

Sweeping, incisive…a novel that brings spirited, illuminating context to decades of conflict…Graham writes movingly—and with a refreshing lightness of touch. He’s especially good at connecting culture, mass media, and ideology.

Publishers Weekly BookLife

Historical novels are rarely described as “page turners,” but Charlotte’s War is a distinctive exception. Author J. Lawrence Graham takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic roller coaster ride through a thoroughly engaging retelling of a half century of American cultural, political, military and diplomatic history.

Dennis W. Rook, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

In Charlotte’s War, J. Lawrence Graham seamlessly weaves the story of one woman’s futile rage against the war machine into an epic narrative with Henry Kissinger, Ho Chi Minh, and the blood-soaked history of the Vietnam War. Graham’s novel is a monumental achievement about the nobility and cruelty of battle, and an insightful exploration of the impact of war on the human spirit.

KIM DEMPSTER
Member of the Directors Guild of America and Women in Film & Television, author of The Color of Mourning

Graham offers a fascinating, engaging, and historically reliable narrative of political events and intrigues associated with World War II, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam. It offers engrossing history interwoven with authentic fictional biography. Moreover, this book provokes the reader to consider new ways of approaching both relationships and politics in the twenty-first century.

REV. DR. MARK D. ROBERTS
Executive Director, Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary, author of Dare to Be True

Bringing his excellent background in geopolitical history and international negotiation, Graham’s writing is easy to digest, accurate in historical detail, and marvelously engaging in its tongue-in-cheek narrative.

ROY J. LEWICKI, PhD
Abramowitz Memorial Professor Emeritus, Management and Human Resources, Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, author of Essentials of Negotiation (7th edition)

From naval battles in WWII to sexist encounters in Harvard Yard, to memorable characters who bring alive the painful dynamics of Korea and Vietnam, Graham delivers on page after page of this tightly woven novel. Highly recommended!

JAMES K. SEBENIUS
Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, director, Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School, author of Kissinger the Negotiator

Influenced by the historical fiction of Herman Wouk’s War and Remembrance, J. Lawrence Graham’s dual purpose in Charlotte’s War is to entertain and to edify. He admirably accomplishes those goals by ingeniously interweaving historical facts about the Vietnam War with such fictional characters as Charlotte Fletcher. The stories of her relationships over many years with such non-fictional characters as Ho Chi Minh, Henry Kissinger, Alfred Kroeber, and Ursula Le Guin are enhanced by Graham’s extensive historical research and by his own professional experiences as a Navy SEAL officer and a leading scholar of international business negotiations.

SPENCER C. OLIN, PhD
Professor Emeritus of History, UC Irvine, author of Why War? Ideology, Theory, and History

Charlotte’s War is a crucial read, helping both men and women see a more creative and cooperative world.

MICHELE GELFAND
John H. Scully Professor of Cross-Cultural Management, Stanford Graduate School of Management, author, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
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About the Author

J. Lawrence Graham

J . LAWRENCE GRAHAM served as an officer in the U.S. Navy UDT/SEAL Teams for nine years (four on active duty). He was a founding director and an advisory board member of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Center for Citizen Peacebuilding during the last two decades. A Berkeley PhD, Graham is an author and Professor Emeritus of International Business at UCI.

For four decades he has provided expert advice and training on international negotiations to executive groups at Fortune 500 companies here and abroad, and government organizations including the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Graham has published more than sixty articles in journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Journal, the Journal of Marketing, and Management Science. His several books with partners have all been bestsellers on their respective topics; International Marketing, the most popular book in the world on the topic, has been translated into seven languages.

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