Lines of Fire - A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security (Electronic book text)

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, his collection of essays touch on subjects such as: the explosion of religious terrorism and its all-or-nothing nature, the dangers of over-reliance on technology to solve human problems, 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 and the endless nature of 21st-century warfare. 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 work for understanding today's crises--and tomorrow's.