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Lines of Fire: A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security Paperback – March 1, 2013

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For three decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on strategy, security, intelligence, and military affairs, predicting every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world. A career military officer and acclaimed author, he has always faced the issues others shunned:
  • The explosion of religious terrorism and its all-or-nothing nature
  • The resurgence of deadly ethnic strife as borders disintegrate around the world
  • The fateful weaknesses of our extravagantly expensive intelligence system
  • The dangers of over-reliance on technology to solve human problems
  • The endless nature of 21st-century warfare
  • Our military leadership's difficulty adapting to a changed world
  • The colossal waste of taxpayer dollars on dubious weapons--at a cost in soldiers' lives
  • Why wishful thinking is as deadly as fanaticism

These and other enduringly vital themes are addressed in this definitive collection of the finest and most influential work of Ralph Peters over a generation of conflict. Lines of Fire is a career-capping and indispensible work for understanding today's crises--and tomorrow's.
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Fox News Strategic Analyst Ralph Peters is the author of 27 books, including bestselling and prize-winning novels. He has experience in over 70 countries and, as a journalist, has covered multiple conflicts. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications and he serves on the advisory board of Armchair General magazine. He lives in Virginia.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stackpole Books; Reprint edition (March 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811711129
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811711128
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.63 x 8.25 inches
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Ralph Peters is a prize-winning, bestselling novelist and the author of innovative works on strategy and security. A retired U.S. Army officer and former enlisted soldier, his unusual career took him from Moscow to Mandalay and from the Middle East to Latin America. After leaving the military, he also worked as a columnist, a popular media commentator and a "strategic scout" in the developing world. Early works, such as "Red Army" and "The War in 2020," had contemporary military themes, but after leaving uniformed service he concentrated largely on the American Civil War. Under the pen-name "Owen Parry," he wrote six award-winning mystery novels set during the Civil War, as well as two collections of Christmas tales for adults. Then, under his own name, he embarked upon what became the five-book Battle Hymn Cycle, works he describes as "dramatized history, but, above all, accurate, honest history." The books take the reader from Gettysburg to Appomattox, capturing the brutal reality and high drama of the war in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The first three volumes in the cycle, "Cain at Gettysburg," "Hell or Richmond," and "Valley of the Shadow," each won the American Library Association's Boyd Award, and volumes in the critically acclaimed series have won various other prizes. A prequel to the cycle, "Darkness at Chancellorsville," will appear in May, 2019. A secret until recently, Peters quietly wrote a novel about playing rock music in the late 1960s, which he published under the pen-name "Robert Paston." In recent years, he was inducted into the U.S. Army's Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame and received the Goodpaster Award as an outstanding American soldier-scholar. After more than two decades in the military and a further two decades of media work and research, he now concentrates on writing and pursues his long-time hobbies of travel, languages, classic literature, history and fitness.

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  • Richard Lee Skidmore
    5.0 out of 5 stars A well thought out critique of an ongoing struggle.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2012
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    In this collection of writings, Ralph Peters demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of modern terrorism, and an astute insight into the fundamental issues. Though he demonstrates a strong sense of frustration about the many errors made by contemporary Western Societies, and the dangers implicit in those errors, he writes objectively, and has a lot to offer our decision makers, as well as a great deal of food for thought for the rest of us. His obvious bias must be allowed for; but it does not seriously detract from the validity of his analyses. This book is a must-read for anyone who seriously wants to understand terrorism and to devise workable solutions for its many difficult challenges. A Philosopher's Notebook: Tribalism and Sensuality: Antagonists--Proagonists: A study of Human Nature
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  • derJeager
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (USA [Intelligence], Ret.)
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2018
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    Peters chronicles the self-inflicted idiocy that initiated our hapless state of entrapment in The Middle -East, and,even more dangerously, in Central Asia. “LINES OF FIRE' is a compilation reprint of thirty-five (35) strategic essays on the geopolitical blunders of our time. Compiled in chronological order, from the Summer of 1994 through May of 2011, Peters' articulation of the historical facts serves as a running commentary on the ill-conceived policies yielding these unintended consequences. The precision of his content is amplified by his adept briefing skills and deep expertise. “LINES OF FIRE” exemplifies Peters' prowess as a journalist; historian; and political scientist. Every member of the United Nations General Assembly should benefit greatly by the observations set forth in “LINES OF FIRE”.
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    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2013
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    a new way of looking at past, present and future. a very indept way of seeing man as he is.
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  • MOC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear Thinking and Provocative Writing
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2013
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    Almost all "experts" on foreign policy, national security, and military affairs seem to consider problems from the same or very similar perspectives. With most, if you have read what they have written previously, you can predict the theme and tone of what they will write, as well as what their conclusions will be. Not so here. Peters is a deep and creative thinker. He follows the facts and reason, no matter where it leads him. This is a rare gift, and produces observations and conclusions that other writers would be afraid to let see the light of day.
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  • Carl L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hard read, but it is so insightful.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2012
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    Col. Peters never ceases to amaze me. He is the most fascinating person. I have read most of his books (both fiction and non-fiction). They take time to read because he is so knowledgeable. It takes a bit for everything to sink in. He as such fantastic insight to the world around us, and what he says is correct about the world. I urge everyone to read this book and "Endless Wars." They are eye openers. If Colonel Peters ran for president, I'd actively campaign for him.
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  • Charles A. Krohn
    5.0 out of 5 stars We'll survive only with less bragging and more thinking. Peters leads the way.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
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    This is the kind of book an old soldier would like in his casket, so he could read it over and over again in the hereafter. While this may not be true literally, Peters posits questions and raises issues that go to the core of our survival as a nation. Frankly, I'm not terribly optimistic we'll make it much longer without serious reforms about how we think about the world and our place in it. We need less bragging and more thinking. Radical Islam is a more potent threat than many care to believe. We may challenge ISIS but within the Muslim world, one reinterprets the Koran at great peril.
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  • Dangerous Dave
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Guide to Current Predicaments
    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2015
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    I thought this tomb might be a bit of a slog, but it turned out to be a compelling and interesting, dare I say fascinating, overview of our present state of affairs. Well written, meticulously reasoned and enjoyable on many levels, I could not recommend it more highly!
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  • Edmund Jimenez
    4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging but uneven
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2011
    Ralph Peters' writing and expression are not only brilliant, but lyrically so. However, such high quality is only evident in his post-911 essays. His earlier writing, included in this collection, is markedly inferior to his later efforts. For example, his 'Our New Old Enemies', is stylistically mundane, and the stream-of-consciousness rendering is missing a coherently made point.

    Many of the essays included in this collection were already familiar to me, yet I still enjoyed re-reading them. Their value as sources of education relating to deadly serious matters is very high indeed.

    As always, Peters excels during discussions of military and strategic matters. On occasion, unfortunately, he oversteps logical bounds in other spheres and merely asserts the unsupportable.

    Egregious in this regard is his essay, 'The Eurabia Myth'. This is a very short piece attempting to show that the native Europeans will resist their Muslim antagonists because of historical 'patterns'. Much of this essay is mere assertion aided by examples of European violence from centuries past-which itself tellingly undercuts his argument. Peters fails to remember his recognition of decaying societies mentioned earlier in his book. The ghost of Napoleon never showed his face in 1940, when in a relatively few days France was overrun by the Germans. The martial 'patterns' of French history never materialized.

    As Peters and most of us know, societies and cultures change-which is the record of human experience. Western European society is dissipated, unsure of itself and sabotaged by huge politically correct bureaucracies. We should note that native European citizenry is also self-extinguishing.

    There are a couple of other problems with the author's later essays which I will not address because this review is already lengthy. Please do not mistake my criticism as an attack on Peters' latest collection, as a whole. His work here will be exceptionally rewarding to most readers.
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