The military force at the end is American in nature, but since the USA was the worst-hit country by the invasion, they had to rely on significant outside help to put together the Michael.It extrapolates that, in about 10 years, both power blocs will still be largely intact, and that a renewed interest in space exploration will have resulted in a network of laser sats orbiting the Earth, two Moon Bases (one Soviet, one American), and a large, ISS-like Soviet successor to Mir called the Kosmograd. Alternate History: The novel was written in 1985, when the Cold War between the USA and USSR was still very real. Their rather flawed plan is thoroughly deconstructed at various points throughout the novel, both by humans and by dissident fithp. Their Generation Ship, Thuktun Flishithy (" Message Bearer"), coming most likely from a planet around Alpha Centauri, runs on an advanced Bussard ramjet, and their intent is to conquer Earth and subjugate the human race. The invading Fithp are herd animals resembling baby elephants, with bifurcated trunks that end in 8 tentacles. The story is set in a slightly alternate 90's period. Set in a very hard universe, it almost serves as a Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the genre. Written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Footfall is an Alien Invasion novel with much more accurate science than usual.
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