Ralph Peters’ Civil War Insights – Part 3
Ralph Peters concludes his 3-part series of insights on the Civil War with a look at three Confederate generals: Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, and Wade Hampton.
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Ralph Peters’ Civil War Insights – Part 2
Part 2 of a 3-part series of analyst and author Ralph Peter’s insights into the Civil War
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Ralph Peters’ Civil War Insights – Part 1
Acclaimed strategist and best-selling author Ralph Peters examines America’s Civil War. Part 1 of 3 includes the skill & endurance of Johnny Reb, the meaning of the Confederate battle flag, and a comparison of Lincoln & Davis.
Read MoreMUST READ … Ralph Peters Testifies to Congress. Explains What YOU Really Need to Know About Pakistan
Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters testifies to Congress and explains what YOU really need to know about Pakistan.
Read MoreRalph Peters: Our New, Old Defense Strategy: President Obama Resurrects Early Rumsfeld-era Priorities
Ralph Peters analyzes President Obama’s recently announced new defense plan and its ramifications on the future of U.S. security.
Read MoreRalph Peters: Twilight of the Drones – Recent Loss of RQ 170 In Iran a Possible Game-changer
Author Ralph Peters examines how the recent loss of an RQ 170 Spy Drone in Iran is a possible game-changer for the U.S. and its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fleet.
Read MoreRalph Peters Exclusive: Bomb Iran’s Nukes? Then What? A War, Not Just Surgical Strikes
Author Ralph Peters examines the global consequences of an Israeli attack against Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities in this Armchair General exclusive.
Read MoreRalph Peters: ‘Stupidity Isn’t a Strategy’ – Five War on Terror Lies
Strategist Ralph Peters examines what he calls the “‘big five’ terror-age lies we hear repeated endlessly.”
Read MoreSavvy Strike in Kabul: Underestimating the Taliban – Again – by Ralph Peters
By our narrow military standards, the Taliban are incompetent. But on their own turf, pursuing their own strategic goals, they’re canny, ruthless survivors. On Sept. 13, 2011, a handful of Taliban managed to paralyze Kabul – again.
Read MoreLearning from Libya: Few Surprises for Serious Students of War
Five crucial lessons the West needs to learn from Libya, other recent conflicts, and from history, as detailed by strategic analyst Ralph Peters.
Read MoreRalph Peters Exclusive: Learning From Chaos: Six Military Lessons From Today’s Arab Revolts
Fox News Strategic Analyst and Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters examines six military lessons from today’s Arab Revolts.
Read MoreRalph Peters Exclusive: New Chairman, New Challenges: General Dempsey and the Tough Times Ahead
Author and Fox News Strategic Analyst Ralph Peters examines Gen. Martin Dempsey following his recent selection to replace Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Read MoreThe Mexican Revolution – Ralph Peters’ Recommended Reading List
Analyst Ralph Peters, whose article in the January 2011 Armchair General magazine ‘Long Live Death’ provides insight into Pancho Villa, recommends 10 books for additional reading on the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Read MoreOttoman Collapse and Aftermath Reading List
Twelve books recommended by Ralph Peters to guide readers who want to learn more about a subject that shaped the world we live in today – and that still creates world crises – the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Read MoreThe Halfway War – Israel and Gaza
Strategist and author Ralph Peters describes Israel’s punitive expedition into Gaza a half-way war and observes that in the conduct of war, the innocent will always suffer, but the misery should not be disproportionate to the value of the results.
Read MoreGround Game in Gaza – Intel, Firepower, Engineers and Boots
Israel has set the stage for a full-scale assault into Gaza, utilizing improved intelligence ops and isolation tactics to split Hamas’s forces. For its part, Hamas understands it can’t defeat the IDF but believes Israel can be defeated in the media.
Read MoreThe Guns of Gaza – Israel Attacks, Hamas Reacts
Ralph Peters, author of Looking for Trouble: Adventures in a Broken World, presents an analysis of Israel’s retaliatory air strikes against Hamas in Gaza. An exclusive report for ArmchairGeneral.com.
Read MoreAssault on Georgia! Exclusive Military Analysis on South Ossetia Conflict
Raph Peters, author of Looking for Trouble and Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts that will Shape the 21st Century, provides insights into Russia’s invasion of Georgia and the Russian military’s performance there.
Read MoreRecommended Reading List on the Media at War
There’s no shortage of books by journalists about war and, increasingly, by journalists about journalists (usually themselves) at war, but someone has to sort the wheat from the mountains of chaff.
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