The War After Armageddon: A Novel
By Ralph Peters
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Shocking scenes of battle…unforgettable soldiers…heartbreaking betrayals…. In this stunning, fast-paced novel, a ruthless future war unfolds in a 21st century nightmare: Los Angeles is a radioactive ruin; Europe lies bleeding; and Israel has been destroyed…with millions slaughtered. A furious America fights to reclaim the devastated Holy Land.
The Marines storm ashore; the U.S. Army does battle in a Biblical landscape. Hi-tech weaponry is useless and primitive hatreds flare. Lt. Gen. Gary "Flintlock" Harris and his courageous warriors struggle for America's survival--with ruthless enemies to their front and treachery at their rear. Islamist fanatics, crusading Christians, and unscrupulous politicians open the door to genocide.
The War After Armageddon thrusts the reader into a terrifying future in which all that remains is the horror of war--and the inspiration of individual heroism. A master at bringing to life "the eternal soldier," Ralph Peters tells a riveting tale that honors those Americans who fight and sacrifice all for a dream of freedom.
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Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and former enlisted man, a controversial strategist and veteran of the intelligence world; a bestselling, prize-winning novelist; a journalist who has covered multiple conflicts and appears frequently in the broadcast media; and a lifelong traveler with experience in over seventy countries on six continents. A widely read columnist, Ralph Peters' journalism has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines and web-zines, including The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Harpers, and Armchair General Magazine. His books include The Officers’ Club, The War After Armageddon, Endless War, and Red Army. Peters grew up in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and studied writing at Pennsylvania State University. He lives and writes in the Washington, D.C. area.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The military terminology almost prevented me from reading this one, then I found the glossary which helped a lot. This book shows what a slippery slope things can be when religious fanatics are involved whether the religion is Muslim or Christian.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This "novel" describes a world future that pits radical Islam v Christianity. It reads like a war game. Themes include contemporary issues dealing with religious fanaticism, nuclear proliferation, and dependence on advancements in technology for warfare. The characters range from very tactical Marines to the Army Corps commanders. I found them intriguing and the twists of plot involving them were exciting--right through the epilogue. The book was very thought provoking; those who say it couldn't happen have their head in the sand or somewhere else where it's dark.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is certainly action packed and interesting, it's set in a future where Christianity and Islam are at each others throats. After numerous attacks by Islamic terrorists against the west, an American fundamentalist evangelist goes the same route of the Islamic fundamentalists and starts preaching that the only way for Christianity to survive is to attack Islam and destroy it, essentially.The National Guard is then rebranded as the Military Order of the Brothers in Christ (MOBIC), members are drawn from all the other services, and all the best equipment is also stripped from the other services. A Holy War is then embarked upon with MOBIC leading a bloody charge to try and take Jerusalem.The narrative is set as a journal from someone who lived through the war and is now clearing the conscience in an attempt to clear up the current regimes propaganda about the US Army General who led the Army & Marine detachment within the aforementioned war who is know branded a traitor.I found it to be a really good tale, the idea of such a thing occurring is certainly plausible with how certain public figures attempt to rally their followers to certain points of view. The sequences within the story were set out in such a manner to be both action filled and realistic, and the tension between the regular army and MOBIC was well written.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5(spoiler alert) The writing is not bad, but the whole premise, while cautionary in nature, is really too much, specifically the alliance part...
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ralph Peter's latest novel is about a war in the Middle East with an America that became an actual Christian nation in the aftermath of LA and Las Vegas being nuked. A new arm of the military is formed from the best equipment and personnel of the other services; essentially a reincarnation of the old Crusade-era military orders.Two of his hobby horse topics figure prominently: religious fanaticism and our military's over-reliance on technology. Regarding the former, our country is far too secularized for something like his scenario to happen. I suspect a nuclear war would have the opposite effect. Nominally Christian or religious people would drop the pretense and openly admit they're agnostic or atheist.On the second front, I'm glad he keeps writing books with more scenarios demonstrating how technology can fail. We need to be able to operate without it. Soldiers will always gripe about having to do land navigation with a map and compass. But the old-school methods will always work, even when GPS doesn't.I'm a big fan of Peter's writing, but this is my least favorite of his novels. It's well written as usual, with the perspective only an old-grizzled soldier can offer. But the plot is just too implausible in my mind. While Peters understands the people and culture of the former Soviet states, his Muslim Arab characters don't seem as real to me.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was great. Not only is the story tight and fast-paced, but it is also thought provoking with character development in such a way that you feel you are there in dialogue with them. This novel deals with three contemporary issues regarding war and religion dealing with (a) religious fanaticism, (b) nuclear proliferation, and (b) dependence on advancements in technology for warfare.The novel is set in the near future after Islamic extremists overcome Eurpoe ,the Middle East including the Land of Israel, and had detonated nuclear bombs on American soil. The backlash in America is fierce against Muslims resulting in the formation of a military unit alongside and in competition with the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. This new military arm - the Military Order of the Brothers in Christ (MOBIC) - are devoted to the Christian religion so the extent of seeking the extermination of all Muslims with Crusader zeal.This book comes to terms with hard questions, especially concerning contest between religious zeal and tolerance and the moral application of war in defense of cherished freedoms threatened and how far ought that defense be exercised.This is definitely more than a fiction novel. It is a provocateur to incite the mind, challenging the validity of one's own suppositions regarding religion and war, tolerance and intolerance, faith and fanaticism.