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Profile of Ralph Peters
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Ralph Peters, born in 1952, is a retired United States Army officer, novelist and essayist. He has sometimes written under the nom-de-plume Owen Parry.
Early life and military career
Peters was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Schuylkill Haven. His father was a coal miner and unsuccessful businessman. Peters has written "I am a miner's son, and my father was a self-made man who unmade himself in my youth."
Peters enlisted in the Army as a private, and spent ten years in Germany working in military intelligence. (During the 2004 Killian documents controversy, Peters pointed out that in his front-line division in 1977, five years after the memos in question were allegedly written, only the general's secretary had an electric typewriter. It was, he says, too primitive to produce the documents in question, and moreover, National Guard units "…got the junk we didn't want.")
Peters attended Officer Candidate School and received his commission, eventually attending the Command and General Staff College and U.S. Army War College. His last assignment was to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. He retired in 1998 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Peters's first novel was Bravo Romeo, a spy thriller set in the former West Germany. His novels progressed from futuristic scenarios involving the Red Army to contemporary terrorism and failed state issues. His characters are often presented as military mavericks who have the clairvoyance and courage to tackle problems others can't or won't.
Novels
- As Ralph Peters
- Bravo Romeo
- Red Army
- The War in 2020
- Flames of Heaven: A Novel of Russia
- The Perfect Soldier
- Twilight of Heroes
- The Devil's Garden
- Traitor
- As "Owen Parry"
- Abel Jones Series
- Faded Coat of Blue
- Shadows of Glory
- Call Each River Jordan
- Honor's Kingdom
- Bold Sons of Erin
- Rebels of Babylon
Nonfiction
Peters has authored numerous essays on strategy for military journals such as Parameters, and writes an opinion column for the New York Post. He has published three collections of his essays entitled:
- Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?
- Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World
- Beyond Baghdad: Postmodern War and Peace
One of the essays in Fighting for the Future, entitled "The Seeker and the Sage" was originally published as the preface to The Book of War, a volume containing translations of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and On War by Carl von Clausewitz. These seem to be Peters's two favorite military authors.
Peters has also appeared on PBS's Nova with commentary on military affairs.
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