Endless War: Middle-Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization
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Endless War features controversial strategist Ralph Peters at his most provocative and well loved, raising perceptive, regularly shocking questions others dread to question. In a sweeping collection that ranges from Muslim triumphs a thousand years ago through the turning of the tide between East and West to the brutal unconventional struggles of today and tomorrow, ex- Military Intelligence Officer Peters extends his successful series of books on strategy and security affairs that have won him diehard fans for his insight, firsthand experience, and frankness. Endless War engages the toughest security issues of our time, including,
-Does our Afghan war make sense? Do we even have a strategy?
-Has flawed military preparation left our troops as virtual hostages in combat zones?
-Can Israel survive? What would an Iranian nuclear arsenal mean for the world?
-Is Islam a “religion of peace,” or has the war between Islam and Western Civilization nonstop virtually lacking interruption for nearly fourteen centuries?
-Why doesn’t the greatest superpower in history win more regularly? Are we our own worst enemies?
-Have we lost our sense of warfare’s reality? Why don’t we fight to win?
-Do terrorist prisoners really deserve better treatment than American citizens?
-What’s the right fee of arresting serious history courses from our schools?
-Who does deeper hurt to the United States, our violent enemies or an arrogant ruling elite?
In powerful prose combining clarity with passion, Ralph Peters continues to shape our country’s military and strategic thought, while standing up for our troops and American values. No book on strategy or foreign affairs this year will be fiercer or more cruelly honest. As ever more dark clouds gather over the world, this is a voice we need!
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I have to admit that Peters is a very appealing and articulate writer and spokesperson, but he take’s Samuel Huntington’s thesis about cultures and runs with it lacking Huntington’s grasp of history. Peters exaggerates the divisions between the “West” and the rest of the world. In a Gallup poll taken two years ago, the researchers questioned survey respondents throughout copious Muslim societies if they admired the United States, and the overwhelming majority said that indeed they did. Furthermore, when questioned about what they admired most about America, they stated that it was the freedoms that Americans delight in. I reflect like a lot of journalists, especially persons who work for Fox News, Peters plays up controversy and ignores everything else. Going off on a bit of a tangent here – but I watched Peter’s talk on CSPAN regarding his book, and he talked a small bit about feminism. Although he generally admires feminism, he thought that one of its drawbacks was that it hurt the K-12 educational system. It harmed schools because once women were allowed to do more than teach and be nurses, many of the best and brightest left the schools and went into additional fields like law and science. What he fails to clarify is that this happened all over the world – France, Germany, England, Sweden – but the educational systems improved in persons countries, as a replacement for of declining. Peters is missing the boat on that assessment and it leads me to reflect that he misses a lot on everything else.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
First, may I say that I hold Ralph Peters in the highest regard. His erudition is stimulating; his writing and turn of axiom are delightful. Over the last five years or so, I’ve read virtually everything that he has written.
But, I was very disappointed in *Endless War* because its potential was never realized. I mean that his essays’ various opinion and additional assertions were insufficiently supported. I should point out that I am in accord with most of persons opinion and assertions. Still, more background and supporting material should have been offered to the critical reader, in order to make his opinion more compelling.
To accomplish the above, I reflect that it would have been necessary to double the size of the book. The requisite time and work might have been rejected for who knows what reason(s). The essay format establish in this book, by its scenery, leaves the sympathetic reader wanting more, and the skeptical reader unconvinced.
This book is worth reading because the history under discussion should excite the reader and encourage him to pursue the various subjects on his own. Sorry to say, the leader gives the interested reader no help since an pointer and notes section are absent.
Ultimately, although passionate, this collection lacks enough depth to be satisfying.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This book is a collection of essays that appear primarily designed to stimulate readers to challenge their own assumptions about Islam, Israel, and most importantly the U.S. involvement in the World of Islam (Dar al Islam). It also provides a excellent deal of clarity on the concept of war that can be summed up in a cogent quote Peters uses: “War means fighting and fighting means killing.”
Peters sees Islam as a whole as a failed society that started its decline several hundred years ago (1697 is one of dates he suggests makes the start of the decline). He argues that the Islamic World is using Israel specifically and the West in all-purpose as an excuse for this decline. He also has a very clear concept of what Afghanistan is and is not and makes a very persuasive argument that, strategically, Operation Iraqi Freedom made a excellent deal of sense.
Not all readers will agree with all the thoughts that Peters’s essays advance, but all will agree that he accomplishes his task of building them reflect again about the U.S. engagement with the Islamic World.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Ralph Peters, in Endless War, writes history as it ought to be written. Not only does he have the gift of a fantastic storyteller, but he treats his history as a practical and necessary art. He extracts from the sweep of the human experience the lessons and guidance vital to persons who struggle to preserve their lives and liberties, not unlike the use made of it by our Founding Fathers, which is why they are remembered as Founding Fathers rather than a band of floundering fools with no polar star of history to guide them.
In reading Peters’ works the advice of Socrates to wish to be what you admire most comes to mind. The rigrous study of history provides just that array of the admirable and ignoble which the wise will chose to emulate or avoid. Peters’ history also provides the moral comfort that others have gone through similar experiences. What afflicts us is not new, bewildering, and overwhelming. Others have met these same challenges and triumphed. Victory is not only possible but attainable.
Our age desperately needs this kind of history. We are trapped in an immoral thicket of political correctness and the sort wishful thinking and denial of reality that has been the signal throughout history for systemic collapse of nations and civilzations. Nowhere is that unreality expressed better than the answer of a Muslim cleric to a Christian appeal for dialogue which stated, “We will ruin you with your own laws.” To counter the threat of militant Islam in this age of the new Lotus Eaters of the West, Peters writes history as a surival manual. He puts his finger unhesitatingly on death struggle which Islam started when it came out the desert inspired by the ravings of that mad desert barbarian. Violence and the will to conquer are not an abberation of Islam but its very defaulting. We forget this at our peril.
The best antidote for the Lotus Eater syndrome is a excellent dose of history as told by Ralph Peters. A salute from Peter Tsouras.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This book by Lt. Col. Ralph Peters is one of the best common sense books I have ever read. If this man ran for president, I’d battle for him. He really knows his history and the fact that we do not follow it. If we do not start, we are in terrible distress. This is a must read if you are interested in regaining our status as a nation.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5