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The War After Armageddon |  | Author: Ralph Peters
Publisher: Forge Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 1970
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0765323559
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765323552
ASIN: 0765323559
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
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Shocking scenes of battleâ¦unforgettable soldiersâ¦heartbreaking betrayalsâ¦. In this stunning, fast-paced novel, a ruthless future war unfolds in a 21st century nightmare: Los Angeles is a radioactive ruin; Europe lies bleeding; and Israel has been destroyedâ¦with millions slaughtered. A furious America fights to reclaim the devastated Holy Land. The Marines storm ashore; the U.S. Army does battle in a Biblical landscape. Hi-tech weaponry is useless and primitive hatreds flare. Lt. Gen. Gary âFlintlockâ Harris and his courageous warriors struggle for Americaâs survival--with ruthless enemies to their front and treachery at their rear. Islamist fanatics, crusading Christians, and unscrupulous politicians open the door to genocide. The War After Armageddon thrusts the reader into a terrifying future in which all that remains is the horror of war--and the inspiration of individual heroism. A master at bringing to life âthe eternal soldier,â Ralph Peters tells a riveting tale that honors those Americans who fight and sacrifice all for a dream of freedom.
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 Great Political-Religious Thriller November 26, 2009
Zvonimir Siljkovic (Zagreb Croatia)
Not to many words needed. IT was a great read on an interesting subject. Paints a scary future for the world when religious extremism takes roots everywhere in response to islamofascism. A great read with an interesting ending. A book at the level of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. Just with a Clancyesque techno-thriller thrown in!
 Author took the cowards way out November 20, 2009
A dude (Texas)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Passable but amatuerish fiction. My main complaint is that the author took the cowards way out by making the Christians at least as evil as the Muslims they fought. Typical of today's entertainment media - too scared to label Islam for what it is without trying to balance that with an unwarranted attack on Christians. Disappointing and gutless.
 Gruesome drival November 19, 2009
Wild Eagle
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This disgusting piece of intellectual diarrea is about as far from a "thinking man's Tom Clancy" as one can possibly get. You will want your money back on this one!
Dostoevsky's Devil: The Indeterminate X November 8, 2009
Tony Pipia (Georgia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like "enchiladas in Ensenada," (p. 76) or the al Mahdi of "Ivan's Nightmare," reflections of "War After Armageddon" dance in the eye like the flames of an `auto da fé.'
Cold-blooded fire, chilling conflagrations and holocausts of every grain and hue;
Invisible cyber war;
Armor and drones clash in air, on land and sea.
The "Sermon on the Mount," is displaced by genocide, as the book of "Revelations" turns into a white-hot, hellish Koran.
Peters' story is at once an eye-opening oracle as well as a prophecy, replete with present antecedents.
For example, the following paraphrase:
`When the "New York Times" ran an article mocking the torture of a Jihadist infiltraitor who killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, the editor was shot down in the street, and the gunman was hailed by millions as a brave and Christian soldier.' (p. 27)
I narrate and record books, but rarely play them back.
I replayed this one with an indulgent, though fiendish fascination.
Fundementalism of both stripes October 31, 2009
W. Wirtanen (St. Louis MO)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After seeing Ralph Peters on C-SPAN and reading his columns, I was looking forward to his futuristic book.
I was not disappointed. After several nuke strikes on the US, Christian Fundamentalists take over the government and create another Christian based Army (MOBIC). The overarching theme is the battle between Christian Fundamentalism vs. Moslem Fundamentalism.
General "Flintlock" Harris as a bastion of the real Army is fighting the favoritism of MOBIC for resources and fighting the Moslems in the Holy Land.
Along with the combat scenes, Peter's captures all the back room political maneuvering that goes on. The skillful combination of both makes this a hard book to put down.
Peter's has highlighted the results of fanaticalism no matter which side it comes from. I am not sure how probable the scenario but it was a fascinating excursion.
I could not put the book down. Several twists made me stop and ponder. The narrator of the story at the end of the book makes for a great final twist to the story.
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