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About this book
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New York Timesābestselling military analyst offers a collection of essays covering a generation of geopolitics and military policy.
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For decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on military affairs, strategy, security, and intelligence. In that time, he predicted every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world. A career military officer and acclaimed author, he has faced issues ranging from the explosion of religious terrorism to the fatal weaknesses of our intelligence system and our dangerous over-reliance on technology.Ā
Now Peters delves into these and other enduringly vital themes in this definitive, career-spanning collection of his writings.Ā Lines of FireĀ is an indispensable volume for understanding today's crisesāand tomorrow's.
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For decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on military affairs, strategy, security, and intelligence. In that time, he predicted every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world. A career military officer and acclaimed author, he has faced issues ranging from the explosion of religious terrorism to the fatal weaknesses of our intelligence system and our dangerous over-reliance on technology.Ā
Now Peters delves into these and other enduringly vital themes in this definitive, career-spanning collection of his writings.Ā Lines of FireĀ is an indispensable volume for understanding today's crisesāand tomorrow's.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Other Books by Ralph Peters
- Introduction: Making Mud Pies in the Sty
- 1. The New Warrior Class
- 2. The Culture of Future Conflict
- 3. Our Soldiers, Their Cities
- 4. Spotting the Losers
- 5. Our New Old Enemies
- 6. The American Mission
- 7. The Human Terrain of Urban Operations
- 8. The Plague of Ideas
- 9. When Devils Walk the Earth
- 10. Stability, Americaās Enemy
- 11. The Black Art of Intelligence
- 12. Hidden Unities
- 13. Godās Real Estate
- 14. In Praise of Attrition
- 15. Atlantis, the Ideological Superpower
- 16. The Goddess of the Southern Seas
- 17. The Shape of Wars to Come
- 18. The Ultimate Weapon
- 19. Occupation 101
- 20. Survival Strategy
- 21. Blood Borders
- 22. Why Clausewitz Had It Backward
- 23. Return of the Tribes
- 24. Lessons from Lebanon
- 25. The āEurabiaā Myth
- 26. Dream Warriors
- 27. Learning to Lose
- 28. Better than Genocide
- 29. 12 Myths of Twenty-First Century War
- 30. Dishonest Doctrine
- 31. Warās Irrational Motivators
- 32. Fighting Words
- 33. Trapping Ourselves in Afghanistan
- 34. The Last (Mini) Empire
- 35. Charisma and Victory
- Back Cover