Famed as the most original strategic thinker of our time, Ralph Peters examines America's military policy and takes on the Washington status quo in a grudge match.

Introduction: Savage Days --xiii -- Part I Guns Up -- In Praise of Attrition -- 3 -- Ten Lessons From the War in Iraq -- 14 -- Shape of Wars to Come -- 21 -- How to Defeat America -- 27 -- Ultimate Weapon -- 34 -- Occupation 101 -- 42 -- No Silver Bullets: Fighting the Insurgency in Iraq -- 49 -- Freedom Fighters -- 57 -- Saving the U.S. Air Force -- 60 -- Sleeping Service -- 63 -- Simplification and Slaughter -- 71 -- Counterrevolution in Military Affairs -- 80 -- Part II Scouts Out -- Our True Enemies -- 99 -- No Final Victory -- 103 -- Longest Struggle -- 108 -- Persuasion Myth -- 111 -- Unappreciated Americans -- 114 -- Making Democracy Work -- 117 -- A Tyrant Humbled -- 120 -- Comforting the Enemy -- 124 -- Where the Fighting Isn't -- 127 -- Iraqi Passion -- 130 -- Holy Turf Wars -- 133 -- He Who Hesitates -- 136 -- An American Disaster -- 139 -- Best We've Ever Had -- 142 -- Look Who's Crying "Abuse!" -- 147 -- Throwing Victory Away -- 150 -- Kill Faster! -- 153 -- Bravery, Blood, and Lies -- 157 -- Killers with Cameras -- 161 -- Muddle in Iraq -- 165 -- And Now, Fallujah -- 168 -- Finishing Fallujah -- 171 -- Victory in Fallujah -- 174 -- Down and Dirty -- 177 -- Nothing Islamic About Human Sacrifice -- 181 -- Finding True Islam -- 184 -- Osama's Nightmare -- 187 -- Let Iraqis Vote -- 190 -- Thirty-One Fewer Good Men -- 193 -- Truth About War -- 195 -- Terror's New Frontier -- 198 -- Now, The Horse-Trading -- 201 -- Terrorist vs. Terrorist -- 204 -- It Was Worth a War: Iraq, Two Years Later -- 207 -- Gitmo Cocktail -- 210 -- Misreporting War -- 213 -- What's the Value of Victory? -- 216 -- Real Target -- 219 -- Count on the Cavalry -- 222 -- Snubbing Democracy -- 225 -- Protest Therapy -- 228 -- Iraqi Vote Victory -- 231 -- Exploiting the Dead -- 234 -- Part III Eyes Open -- Information Is Not Intelligence -- 239 -- Case for Human Intelligence -- 247 -- Europe: Worlds Apart -- 254 -- Loser's Rant -- 258 -- Why They Hate W -- 261 -- India: Democracy Wins -- 264 -- Reagan to the Rescue -- 267 -- Mozambique Beats All -- 270 -- Terrorizing Schools -- 273 -- Democracy's Boom -- 276 -- A New Strategic Map -- 280 -- Money for Hate -- 283 -- When Democracy Fails -- 286 -- Instant Amnesia -- 289 -- Lebanon's Peril -- 292 -- Champion of Faith-and Freedom -- 295 -- A Dirty Frame -- 298 -- Standing by the Little Guys -- 301 -- Myths of Globalization -- 304 -- Return of the Tribes -- 307 -- Smart Way to Aid Africa -- 310 -- Pyrrhic Terror -- 313 -- Not So Anti-American -- 317 -- Other Jihad -- 320 -- Global War on Women -- 323 -- Survival Strategy -- 326 -- Atlantic Century -- 334.