In the precursor to his groundbreaking "Beyond Baghdad", which dissects the war in Iraq and its implications for the West and the Islamic world, acclaimed military strategist and author Ralph Peters assembles 18 essays, some written before and others after the September 11 attacks, that show his writing at its best. Always one step ahead of other military strategists, Peters evaluates the status quo of world affairs and brings years of experience as an Army insider to bear on the state of terrorism in the world today in a collection that has already had a wide influence among government and media since its publication in 2002. Peters proposes an unorthodox view of intelligence analysis, attacks the lie that American people will not accept casualties, and, in a tour de force, reveals the human side of Clausewitz. "Beyond Terror" takes us far beyond the intellectual prison of traditional wisdom to offer the most original thinking available on the strategic challenges confronting the United States in the twenty-first century.

Some copies are Stackpole Books paperback, 2004; xiii, 353 p., 21 cm.

Part IAt the Walls of Jericho -- Our Place in History 3 -- When Devils Walk the Earth 22 -- New Strategic Trinity 66 -- Hourglass Wars 77 -- Heavy Peace 90 -- American Mission 103 -- Killers and Constables 115 -- Plague of Ideas 139 -- Stability, America's Enemy 167 -- Black Art of Intelligence 193 -- Rejection of the West 209 -- Part II And Rumors of War -- Seeker and the Sage 261 -- Casualty Myth 286 -- Hard Target 292 -- Human Terrain of Urban Operations 299 -- Hucksters in Uniform 312 -- Future of War 323 -- Dogma and the Dead 337.