The Short Victorious War
First edition | |
| Author | David Weber |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Honor Harrington series |
| Genre | Military science fiction |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) & e-book |
| Pages | 376 |
| ISBN | 0-671-87596-5 |
| OCLC | 29980818 |
| Preceded by | The Honor of the Queen |
| Followed by | Field of Dishonor |
The Short Victorious War is a science fiction novel by American writer David Weber, first published in 1994. It is the third book in the Honor Harrington series.
Its title comes from a quotation by Vyacheslav von Plehve in reference to the Russo-Japanese War: "What this country needs is a short, victorious war to stem the tide of revolution." That quotation is one of the novel's two epigraphs; the other is a quotation from Robert Wilson Lynd: "The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions."