Looking For Trouble: Adventures in a Broken WorldFROM POIGNANT encounters in the ruins of Russia to surreal road trips in the Middle East, from face-offs with swastika-flaunting thugs in Armenia to a long Asian night in the company of the world's most dangerous Elvis impersonator, Ralph Peters' recounting of his remarkable--and sometimes downright bizarre--travels as an unorthodox intelligence officer glide between the haunting and the hilarious.
Beyond Baghdad: Postmodern War and Peace
Fiercely independent, the author rejects all party-line thinking to help us understand the complexity, danger, and promise of our troubled world. Whether dissecting the War on Terror or investigating the world’s dangerous backwaters, he brings to bear an unparalleled combination of first-hand experience of our military and foreign trouble spots with a unique ability to explain difficult issues in straightforward language--and with a devastating sense of humor.
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