Ralph S Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 5808807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph S Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph S |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS R S |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7784-9203 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Constant Conflict
The Culture of Future Conflict
The computer will not replace the book, and post-modern forms of conflict will not fully replace conventional war. We will, however, experience a bewildering expansion of the varieties of collective and factional violence. The computer expands our possibilities, and alters methods of working and organizing. So, too, the worldwide crisis in systems of social organization and belief broadens the range of challenges to global, regional, and local or…
Time's Crooked Arrow
Heavy Peace
Peace is expensive. When the peace is our own, no expense is too high. Peace is the cradle of our greatness. Although we Americans freed ourselves through war, we formed ourselves in peace. But when the peace is the peace of others, far from our shores and faint in its relevance, cost matters. Usually, the financial price is minor compared to other national expenditures. But the cost to our military establishment, already slimmed to fragility and…
Constant Conflict
We have entered an age of constant conflict.Information is at once our core commodity and the most destabilizing factor of our time.Until now, history has been a quest to acquire information; today, the challenge lies in managing information.Those of us who can sort, digest, synthesize, and apply relevant knowledge soar--professionally, financially, politically, militarily, and socially.We, the winners, are a minority.For the world masses, devast…
The Future of Armored Warfare
We miss our animals.Since history closed the mounted arm's stables, soldiers have compensated by naming their units after dragons, lions, panthers and their great lost love, the horse.Tankers, especially, like to associate themselves with the sleek and ferocious.Unfortunately, the armored vehicles of the next century are apt to resemble hedgehogs, snakes, and caterpillars.Perhaps, someday, a hard-bitten NCO will slam down his beer mug, stand up a…
Our Soldiers, Their Cities
The Culture of Future Conflict
The computer will not replace the book, and post-modern forms of conflict will not fully replace conventional war.We will, however, experience a bewildering expansion of the varieties of collective and factional violence.The computer expands our possibilities, and alters methods of working and organizing.So, too, the worldwide crisis in systems of social organization and belief broadens the range of challenges to global, regional, and local order…
After the Revolution
The latest "Revolution in Military Affairs" occurred in the 1980s.It is over now.A new paradigm prevails.There will be no end to the technological miracles that alter the geometries of conventional battlefields and theaters while reshaping budgets and forces.But machines, no matter how magnificent, do not of themselves constitute a revolution.True revolutions happen, above all, in the minds of men.By that measure, the military has undergone a pro…
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The Culture of Future Conflict
The computer will not replace the book, and post-modern forms of conflict will not fully replace conventional war.We will, however, experience a bewildering expansion of the varieties of collective and factional violence.The computer expands our possibilities, and alters methods of working and organizing.So, too, the worldwide crisis in systems of social organization and belief broadens the range of challenges to global, regional, and local order…
After the Revolution
The latest "Revolution in Military Affairs" occurred in the 1980s.It is over now.A new paradigm prevails.There will be no end to the technological miracles that alter the geometries of conventional battlefields and theaters while reshaping budgets and forces.But machines, no matter how magnificent, do not of themselves constitute a revolution.True revolutions happen, above all, in the minds of men.By that measure, the military has undergone a pro…
Our Soldiers, Their Cities
Constant Conflict
We have entered an age of constant conflict.Information is at once our core commodity and the most destabilizing factor of our time.Until now, history has been a quest to acquire information; today, the challenge lies in managing information.Those of us who can sort, digest, synthesize, and apply relevant knowledge soar--professionally, financially, politically, militarily, and socially.We, the winners, are a minority.For the world masses, devast…
The Future of Armored Warfare
We miss our animals.Since history closed the mounted arm's stables, soldiers have compensated by naming their units after dragons, lions, panthers and their great lost love, the horse.Tankers, especially, like to associate themselves with the sleek and ferocious.Unfortunately, the armored vehicles of the next century are apt to resemble hedgehogs, snakes, and caterpillars.Perhaps, someday, a hard-bitten NCO will slam down his beer mug, stand up a…
Heavy Peace
Peace is expensive. When the peace is our own, no expense is too high. Peace is the cradle of our greatness. Although we Americans freed ourselves through war, we formed ourselves in peace. But when the peace is the peace of others, far from our shores and faint in its relevance, cost matters. Usually, the financial price is minor compared to other national expenditures. But the cost to our military establishment, already slimmed to fragility and…
Time's Crooked Arrow
The Culture of Future Conflict
The computer will not replace the book, and post-modern forms of conflict will not fully replace conventional war. We will, however, experience a bewildering expansion of the varieties of collective and factional violence. The computer expands our possibilities, and alters methods of working and organizing. So, too, the worldwide crisis in systems of social organization and belief broadens the range of challenges to global, regional, and local or…
Constant Conflict
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