Product Description: GLORY TURNED GRIM… …and warfare changed forever. As Grant pinned Lee to Petersburg and Richmond, the Confederacy’s stubborn Army of Northern Virginia struggled against a relentless Union behemoth, with breathtaking valor and sacrifice on both sides...read more

Product Description: New York Times bestselling author Ralph Peters returns with the fourth installment in his Boyd Award-winning series on the Civil War.Glory turned grim ... and warfare changed forever.From the butchery of the Crater, where stunning success collapsed into a massacre, through near-constant battles fought by heat-stricken soldiers, to the crucial election of 1864, The Damned of Petersburg resurrects the American Civil War's hard reality, as plumes and sabers gave way to miles of trenches...read more

Product Description: "New York Times" bestselling author Ralph Peters returns with the third installment in his award-winning series on the Civil War."In the Valley of the Shadow, they wrote their names in blood."From a daring Confederate raid that nearly seized Washington, DC, to a stunning reversal on the bloody fields of Cedar Creek, the summer and autumn of 1864 witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of our Civil War, in mighty battles now all but forgotten...read more

Winner of the American Library Association's 2014 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction.Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 88,000 casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation. Against this backdrop of the birth of modern warfare and the painful rebirth of the United States, New York Times bestselling novelist Ralph Peters has created a breathtaking narrative that surpasses the drama and intensity of his recent critically acclaimed novel, Cain at Gettysburg.In Hell or Richmond, thirty days of ceaseless carnage are seen through the eyes of a compelling cast, from the Union's Harvard-valedictorian "boy general," Francis Channing Barlow, to the brawling "dirty boots" Rebel colonel, William C. Oates. From Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to a simple laborer destined to win the Medal of Honor, Peters brings to life an enthralling array of leaders and simple soldiers from both North and South, fleshing out history with stunning, knowledgeable realism.From the horrific collision of armies in the Wilderness, where neither side wanted to fight, to the shocking slaughter of the grand charge at Cold Harbor, this epic novel delivers a compelling, authentic, and suspenseful portrait of Civil War combat.Commemorating the approaching 150th anniversary of this grim encounter between valiant Americans, Ralph Peters brings to bear the lessons of his own military career, his lifelong study of this war and the men who fought it, and his skills as a bestselling, prize-winning novelist to portray horrific battles and sublime heroism as no other author has done.

Product Description: Written specifically for the oil and gas industry, Reliable Maintenance Planning, Estimating, and Scheduling provides maintenance managers and engineers with the tools and techniques to create a manageable maintenance program that will save money and prevent costly facility shutdowns...read more

Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They'll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight. In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. And the fate of the nation is decided in a few square miles of fields.

Product Description: For three decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on strategy, security, intelligence, and military affairs, predicting every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world. A career military officer and acclaimed author, he has always faced the issues others shunned:The explosion of religious terrorism and its all-or-nothing natureThe resurgence of deadly ethnic strife as borders disintegrate around the worldThe fateful weaknesses of our extravagantly expensive intelligence systemThe dangers of over-reliance on technology to solve human problemsThe endless nature of 21st-century warfareOur military leadership's difficulty adapting to a changed worldThe colossal waste of taxpayer dollars on dubious weapons--at a cost in soldiers' livesWhy wishful thinking is as deadly as fanaticismThese and other enduringly vital themes are addressed in this definitive collection of the finest and most influential work of Ralph Peters over a generation of conflict...read more

Product Description: Spring, 1981.  Vietnam is over, but the repercussions linger.  The military strives to recover as society reels from the excesses of the 1970s…A sinister beauty and a dutiful soldier… a Hollywood lawyer running from a dirty past and a cast-off vet who seems to have no future…  dueling drug gangs along the Mexican border… and the mutilated remains of a female lieutenant...read more

Explores the human side of the Red Army as they invade West Germany and force a desperate response by the U.S. and its NATO allies

Product Description: Now available in paperbackRalph Peters--career soldier, controversial strategist, prize-winning, best-selling novelist, erstwhile rock musician, popular columnist, and old-fashioned adventurer--has always been good for a surprise...read more

Shocking scenes of battle…unforgettable soldiers…heartbreaking betrayals….  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 destroyed…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 “Flintlock” Harris and his courageous warriors struggle for America’s 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 “the eternal soldier,” Ralph Peters tells a riveting tale that honors those Americans who fight and sacrifice all for a dream of freedom.

Product Description: Drawing on his global experiences from Africa to Iraq, author Ralph Peters attacks today's crucial issues of our time head-on, with the clear eye and blunt voice that has won him a devoted following: Is Iraq worth it? What's the truth behind the politics? Are our defense dollars buying a strong military--or the wrong military? Are we missing great opportunities elsewhere while hypnotized by the Middle East? Must we accept that Islam itself is the problem? Will we face a war with China? What would such a war mean? Can Washington learn from its mistakes? These are just a few of the controversial issues Peters takes on in a series of body blows to the status quo...read more

Product Description: The activist daughter of a U.S. senator has been kidnapped, vanishing into the dark heart of a lawless, oil-rich nation. Her only hope lies in her fierce will to surviveand in a lone soldier who would give his life to save her.

A controversial account argues that the United States is morally and strategically correct in its efforts to expand its influence throughout the developing world, explaining why the United States is poised for twenty-first-century superiority, citing flaws in the American intelligence system, and making recommendations on how to respond to global challenges. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

In a sequel to the best-selling Combat, the new volume in a collection of original World War II stories includes contributions by Ralph Peters, Jim DeFelice, James Cobb, and Dean Ing who present a quartet of short novels that capture courage, sacrifice, and daring in the Pacific and behind enemy lines in Europe. Reprint.

Discusses the root causes behind America's new international challenges and explores the changing nature of coming conflicts, the motivations of terrorists, how to combat them, and other critical post-September 11th issues.

Product Description: When the headstrong daughter of a U.S. senator disappears in a war ravaged country torn between east and west, only a disillusioned American officer possesses the connections and expertise to track her down--while a startling range of enemies don't want the girl to survive...read more

While Congress debates the funding for a controversial and costly state-of-the-art jet fighter, a deadly terrorist bomb levels a French aircraft research facility, and Lieutenant Colonel John Reynolds finds himself caught up in a web of greed, honor, passion, and high-level intrigue

During a peaceful mission to build a medical clinic in Bolivia, a unit of U.S. soldiers is massacred, and an American colonel awaiting retirement sets out to uncover the truth, only to find himself caught in a bloody war between some of the most dangerous men in the world.