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Title: Red Army by Ralph Peters ISBN: 0-671-67669-5 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Most Accurate Depection of WW 3 I've Read
Comment: I read this book when it first came out 12 years ago. I was working as a Battalion Intelligence operator at the time and was comparing doctrine of the forces involved. One main difference is that the Soviets reinforce success, wheras NATO would have to reinforce their weakest part of the line. A touted NATO advantage was their communcations system that would allow it to manouver units more quickly, which may have been a false assumption. Of all the books I've read, this is the best.
Warfare is notoriously difficult to model, as small events may have great importance. On the other hand, capabilities of equipment and units are accurately known and not likely to change much in battle. While recognizing the differences in equipment and ways of employing it, Peters realizes that most professional soldiers have common characteristics. Some leaders are daring and intuitive, some are not. Making sure they are employed in the right spot is crucial, and again Peters shows that the Soviet professional development system is much like that of the West.
By contrast, Clancy's Red Storm Rising makes it seem as if a handful of men can change the course of history by themselves. Coyle's Team Yankee makes the Americans invulnerable to Soviet attacks. Only Hackett's Third World War comes close to Red Army in what I believe could have happened. That's no surprise given Hackett's experience as NATO's ground commander.
Since the Second World War westerners have fostered and been fed the idea of Russians as backward and without initiative. We have concentrated on Patton, Rommel and Montgomery as military geniuses without recognizing Rokossovsky, Koniev and Zhukov and that the Red Army defeated the Nazis and took Berlin. Ralph Peters simply puts human beings in charge of the Red Army.
Rating: 5
Summary: and I thought RED STORM RISING was good!
Comment: wow. This book was absolutely amazing. I read it in four days (but only an hour or two a day!). Its all russians, which is cool. Its got every concievable character- tankers, infantryman, artilleryman, supplyers, generals, KGB officers, MiG pilots, Air-Assault Paratroopers, Reconnaissance Tankers, Engineers, Air defence troopers, and (of course) your local neighborhood political officer! ( but there are a couple who are actually good soldiers, and do their duty.). Its a great book, and a must have for anyone who likes the military or action. One definite plus is that it doesn't get into all of the technology details. The author simply says "tank" not a specific type-like Tom Clancy loves to do. Just read it, you won't be wasting your time, and it might just give you a whole new perspective on modern war!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very frightening...but INCREDIBLY well done
Comment: Peters' story about a Soviet push into western Europe was perhaps the best war novel that I have read yet...Peters uses brilliant imagery to describe WW3. What is unique about Red Army is it's perspective - it's all shown from a Soviet point of view, and from every type of Russian military branch. This book is so good it's scary.
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Title: The War in 2020 by Ralph Peters ISBN: 0671751727 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: China Attacks by Chuck Devore, Steven W. Mosher, DeVore Chuck ISBN: 0741404303 Publisher: Buy Books on the web.com Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Flames of Heaven by Ralph Peters ISBN: 0811726843 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The War That Never Was by Michael A. Palmer, Michael Palmer ISBN: 0743474511 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World by Ralph Peters ISBN: 0811700240 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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