Information AboutRalph Peters |
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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 . Years later, 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." After returning from Germany, 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
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:
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. His seven page article, "The Courterrevolution in Military Affairs" was the focus of the front cover of the February 6, 2006 issue of the Weekly Standard . Peters has also appeared on PBS's Nova with commentary on military affairs. |
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