Isbn: 9780811711128 - lines of fire: a renegade writes on strategy, intelligence, and security (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. 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 natureThe resurgence of deadly ethnic strife as borders disintegrate around the worldThe fateful weaknesses of our extravagantly expensive intelligence systemThe dangers of over-reliance on technology to solve human problemsThe endless nature of 21st-century warfareOur military leadership's difficulty adapting to a changed worldThe colossal waste of taxpayer dollars on dubious weapons--at a cost in soldiers' livesWhy wishful thinking is as deadly as fanaticismThese 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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Paperback. Condición: Good. 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 natureThe resurgence of deadly ethnic strife as borders disintegrate around the worldThe fateful weaknesses of our extravagantly expensive intelligence systemThe dangers of over-reliance on technology to solve human problemsThe endless nature of 21st-century warfareOur military leadership's difficulty adapting to a changed worldThe colossal waste of taxpayer dollars on dubious weapons--at a cost in soldiers' livesWhy wishful thinking is as deadly as fanaticismThese 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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Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Good 2011 paperback.