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Sean McFate is a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He served as a paratrooper in the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division and as a private contractor. He is the coauthor of two novels, Shadow War and Deep Black, and one work pokaż więcej of nonfiction, The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order. McFate holds a BA from Brown University, an MA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics. He lives with his family in Washington, DC. pokaż mniej

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Yet another special operative and mercenary team save the US government.
 
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fwbl | Nov 14, 2021 |
This is a surprisingly good book about modern and future war. Basically, the argument is that both third party proxy wars (with mercenaries, militias, and foreign legions) will predominate, and that various forms of "shadow war" will also be preferred, even (especially) when fighting peers. Thus, it would make sense to focus the military investment on these kinds of capabilities and forces, rather than continuing with conventional forces. A good argument is made that Russia has already conducted this realignment (both vs. the west today, and especially compared to the USSR's old armor-heavy forces.)… (więcej)
 
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octal | Jan 1, 2021 |
Tom Locke heads a team of mercenaries that are on the run after their sponsor betrayed them. What follows is a race across the Middle East as his team tries to survive and find a missing person. The action packed mission had nuclear weapon, conspiracies, royal families, gunfights, and questionable loyalties. This is the second book on the Tom Locke Series.

I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway. Although encouraged, I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.… (więcej)
 
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