Ch 8 Total War

This chapter starts in a blimp thousands of feet above Finland, where the control center is located. It makes sense if the Zombies are on the ground then the safest place is the sky. Anyway, the leaders are worried about the "attack the Zombies" situation. He is concerned about sending men to fight against millions of Zombies. His point is totally valid. We then move to Colorado where we hear about US new army, and how it has evolved from "New School" to "Old School." This is smart and more effective than using the expensive "New School" gadgets that didn't work on the Zombies anyway. They used brute force now. I thought it was very cool when the interviewer talks about the Zombies in the catacombs in Paris. I can not imagine the nightmarish things that happened there and it really gives a spooky realistic feel to the reading. The chapter finishes in Colorado where Todd mentions "feral packs," and even goes on to say he got a scar on his face from the claws of a stray cat that apparently had a very tough time adjusting to the new world. He goes on to explain how difficult some civilians were making the army. These people were scared and did not make wise survival decisions and really were in the way. At the end of the chapter people were scraping for a sense of their old life. It talks about a Native American woman getting emotional over a turtle. This was hope to her, and that was something she had not had for a very long time.