The War After Armageddon
by Ralph Peters
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Book Reviews of The War After Armageddon
Book Review: Fantastic Book if taken with a grain of salt
Summary: 4 Stars
The book really is fantastic. It has a great story and great characters. Ralph Peters has long been one of my favorite writers. Right up there with Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn.
My main problem, as I search through reviews, is that people are reading it like it is an 80% probability weather forcast. Yes, the story is dark, bleak and based on the tireless analysis of a retired military officer, but is it probable? Hardly. I find it unlikely that even the first premise of the book will become a reality in our time: a destroyed Israel.
Israel is a strong country more than up to the task of tackling Iran's nuclear arsenal and the Islamic nutjobs within and without its borders.
Other things I have a problem painting into reality are a U.S. inavsion of the Holy Land using a Christian based theocratic military.
I admit its a great story, but its still a story.
Book Review: Another great read by Peters
Summary: 5 Stars
I've read all Ralph Peters novels and this one keeps up to his earlier standards. In The War After Armageddon he paints a frightening reality of the Middle East a few decades in the future after nuclear war in the holy land and associated nuclear terror in europe and the US. Instead of the dry academic postulation of the "clash of civilizations" we see that clash taken to the extreme - red in tooth and claw. Peters' battle scenes are breathtaking and disturbing. His people are real and no side of the conflict is without its villans or heros. As a combat veteran myself I can honestly say that Ralph Peters is one of the very few writers of his generation that really "gets" war and the effects it has on people and nations. I recommend this book not as a prediction but as a thumping god read that will also make you think a bit.Book Review: Interesting concept. Could have been great, but instead short and choppy
Summary: 3 Stars
Like Frankie said, this book could have been huge - in size and impact. This is a story about the military engagement after the US is nuked in LA and Vegas, and the religious right rises up to form its own military arm to fight back. The ol' US Army and Marines are left to fight with the left-overs that the Evangelical avengers leave behind. And the US Army general, "Flintlock" Harris, is a great character who could have withstood so much more fictional development. A religious man himself, he wasn't one to get taken in by any form of extremism. Ultimately this was an interesting take on a future that COULD happen if cooler heads do not prevail. Unfortunately the book was too short and choppy, but maybe someone else will come along and run with something similar, if it hasn't already been done without me gettin' the memo.Book Review: Mein Kampf -- the Sequel
Summary: 1 Stars
I have become utterly disgusted and nauseated with the obscene rantings of this frustrated armchair general who couldn't lead a troop of boy scouts on an overnight camping trip much less lead real troops into battle. This plot of this book reads like Mein Kampf The Sequel--Israel is destroyed after a nuclear strike by power mad Iranians. I guess 6 million dead Jews isn't enough for this bloodthirsty warmonger- in Peters' sick alternative universe Israel has to become a radioactive toxic wasteland so he yell GOTCHA!!!!! This is too outrageous for words.
No decent person should read this garbage! I hope it gathers dust on the shelves for a long time to come.
Israel can take care of Iran with no trouble, thank you very much!!!!!! A better plot is Israel destroying Tehran. How about that?????
Book Review: Ralph Peters = Hitler he is no Tom Clancy
Summary: 1 Stars
The heading "The Thinking man's Tom Clancy" sold me on this book. The story was pretty interesting and somewhat plausable. However his view of world domination, massive ethnic cleansing was not believable. The extent of devestation in the US coupled with the fact that we are quite ethnically and Religion diverse would make it impossible for some dictator to go around eradicating populations based on color or religion. It was plain stupid and written by a distrubed individual. It must be critically acclaimed to write a story where you are so far outside of the mainstream that people think you are deranged. Then you will win a writing award. I suspect his next book will advocate raping children. It is about the only place more unbalanced than his drivel. Just IMHO.