The short victorious war af David Weber (Bog)

Banking on a short, victorious war to replenish their depleted treasury, the ruling class of the People's Republic of Haven do not count on coming up against Captain Honor Harrington and the Royal Manticoran Navy.

The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent. But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power: another short, victorious war to unite the people and fill the treasury once more. However, this time they face Captain Honor Harrington and a Royal Manticoran Navy that's prepared to give them a war that's far from short and anything but victorious.