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steuben
Since: Mar, 2015
18th Mar, 2015 01:21:26 PM
I've read that one too. I think it was somewhere in the "There Will Be War" series, edited by Jerry Pournelle, http://www.goodreads.com/series/41514-there-will-be-war
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steuben
Since: Mar, 2015
26th Jul, 2016 06:58:07 PM
Finally found it in my library "Day of Succession" by Theodore L. Thomas. Originally publishing Astounding Science Fiction. August 1959
It was a short story about an alien invasion,a General Patton style figure decides to open t5he alien space ship and kill everyone inside. He's dismissed, and another general takes over. The new general allows the aliens to escape, and they start killing people. The decision is made to nuke the city to kill all the aliens. Secstate wants to nuke the city, but the president and vice president dont. The general kills them both, and refers to the sec state as president, suggesting he will nuke the city