Old sf book where aliens manipulate earth to keep us at war?
I owned this book but it got lost in one of several moves. Dying to find title or author so i can buy it again. Book is likely from 60's or 70's. Paperback science fiction. Here is plot. (Spoilers)
Set in 2000's but they still use type-writers. Journalist is embedded with diplomat on verge of world peace but at last minute diplomat torpedoes the whole thing then dies. Journalist (man) thinks diplomat was dead and his animated corpse sabotaged world peace.
After a nervous breakdown, journalist is recruited to join a group of psychics responsible for manipulating world events. Two teams work to keep the earth at war. After joining and learning this dark purpose, journalist cracks again and tries to hide. Beautiful psychic (hiding her powers) finds him and helps him, then reveals herself as having been sent to bring him back to the team.
The final reveal is the reason earth must remain at war. There is a galactic civilization orchestrating the whole thing. This civilization noticed that all the great leaders came from worlds that recently joined their federation. After a while, peace made each planet weak. They keep earth in perpetual war to find the strongest and recruit them to lead the galaxy. Our journalist friend becomes such a leader.
Please help me figure this out,
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I owned this book but it got lost in one of several moves. Dying to find title or author so i can buy it again. Book is likely from 60's or 70's. Paperback science fiction. Here is plot. (Spoilers)
Set in 2000's but they still use type-writers. Journalist is embedded with diplomat on verge of world peace but at last minute diplomat torpedoes the whole thing then dies. Journalist (man) thinks diplomat was dead and his animated corpse sabotaged world peace.
After a nervous breakdown, journalist is recruited to join a group of psychics responsible for manipulating world events. Two teams work to keep the earth at war. After joining and learning this dark purpose, journalist cracks again and tries to hide. Beautiful psychic (hiding her powers) finds him and helps him, then reveals herself as having been sent to bring him back to the team.
The final reveal is the reason earth must remain at war. There is a galactic civilization orchestrating the whole thing. This civilization noticed that all the great leaders came from worlds that recently joined their federation. After a while, peace made each planet weak. They keep earth in perpetual war to find the strongest and recruit them to lead the galaxy. Our journalist friend becomes such a leader.
Please help me figure this out,
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I owned this book but it got lost in one of several moves. Dying to find title or author so i can buy it again. Book is likely from 60's or 70's. Paperback science fiction. Here is plot. (Spoilers)
Set in 2000's but they still use type-writers. Journalist is embedded with diplomat on verge of world peace but at last minute diplomat torpedoes the whole thing then dies. Journalist (man) thinks diplomat was dead and his animated corpse sabotaged world peace.
After a nervous breakdown, journalist is recruited to join a group of psychics responsible for manipulating world events. Two teams work to keep the earth at war. After joining and learning this dark purpose, journalist cracks again and tries to hide. Beautiful psychic (hiding her powers) finds him and helps him, then reveals herself as having been sent to bring him back to the team.
The final reveal is the reason earth must remain at war. There is a galactic civilization orchestrating the whole thing. This civilization noticed that all the great leaders came from worlds that recently joined their federation. After a while, peace made each planet weak. They keep earth in perpetual war to find the strongest and recruit them to lead the galaxy. Our journalist friend becomes such a leader.
Please help me figure this out,
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I owned this book but it got lost in one of several moves. Dying to find title or author so i can buy it again. Book is likely from 60's or 70's. Paperback science fiction. Here is plot. (Spoilers)
Set in 2000's but they still use type-writers. Journalist is embedded with diplomat on verge of world peace but at last minute diplomat torpedoes the whole thing then dies. Journalist (man) thinks diplomat was dead and his animated corpse sabotaged world peace.
After a nervous breakdown, journalist is recruited to join a group of psychics responsible for manipulating world events. Two teams work to keep the earth at war. After joining and learning this dark purpose, journalist cracks again and tries to hide. Beautiful psychic (hiding her powers) finds him and helps him, then reveals herself as having been sent to bring him back to the team.
The final reveal is the reason earth must remain at war. There is a galactic civilization orchestrating the whole thing. This civilization noticed that all the great leaders came from worlds that recently joined their federation. After a while, peace made each planet weak. They keep earth in perpetual war to find the strongest and recruit them to lead the galaxy. Our journalist friend becomes such a leader.
Please help me figure this out,
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