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Goliath
- Author
- Sean McFate
- Narrator
- Joe Knezevich
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 13 June 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Goliath written by Sean McFate, read by Joe Knezevich.
Everything you think you know about war is wrong.
War is timeless. Some things change - weapons, tactics, leadership - but our desire to go into battle does not. We are in the midst of an age of conflict: global terrorism, Russia's resurgence and China's rise, international criminal empires, climate change and dwindling natural resources.
The stakes are high, and we are dangerously unprepared.
As a former paratrooper and military contractor, Sean McFate has been on the front lines of deep state conflicts. He has seen firsthand the horrors of battle and as a strategist, understands the complexity of the current military situation.
The West is playing the same old war games, but the enemy has changed the rules. In this new age of war:
-technology will not save us,
-victory will belong to the cunning, not the strong,
-plausible deniability is more potent than firepower
-corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power than nation states, and loyalty will sit with the highest bidder.
This is The Art of War for the 21st century. Adapt and we can prevail. Fail, and size and strength won't protect us. Learn how to triumph in the coming age of conflict in ten new rules.
Critics Review
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The Freakonomics of modern warfare
Conn Iggulden
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An important book
Sir Richard Dearlove, former Director of MI6
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Lively and provocative ... laced with examples from the history of conflict as well as his own career as a soldier
Sir Lawrence Freedman
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A thought-provoking book. Sean McFate has admirably captured the challenges we face with an evolving character of warfare. Technology and the pervasiveness of information have blurred the distinction between peace and war and have opened up seams that our opponents are ruthlessly exploiting, utilising weapons that don't need to go bang
General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff
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Thought-provoking. Sean McFate puts his finger on key issues for Western security
Jonathan Evans, former head of MI5
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His iconoclastic book is being hailed by radicals as a wake-up call to governments and armed forces everywhere, to stop doing all the wrong things; to start doing a few right ones . . . Some of what he says makes more sense than much of what comes out of the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence
Max Hastings, Sunday Times
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Radical thoughts on the West's approach to modern warfare
Sunday Times, Must Reads
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A well-crafted indictment of The West's failure to keep pace with the changing face of warfare. The soldier is taught to improvise, adapt, and overcome. In Goliath, Sean McFate shows The West how it can do the same
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A fascinating and disturbing book
Economist
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Essential Reading
General Stanley McChrystal
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Details
- Author
- Sean McFate
- Narrator
- Joe Knezevich
- Duration
- 8 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 13 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9780241987490
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Theory of warfare and military science, Naval forces and warfare, Land forces and warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Military intelligence, True war and combat stories, Terrorism, armed struggle, Military institutions
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Goliath written by Sean McFate, read by Joe Knezevich. Everything you think you know about war is wrong. War is timeless. Some things change - weapons, tactics, leadership - but our desire to go into battle does not. We are in the midst of an age of conflict: global terrorism, Russia's resurgence and China's rise, international criminal empires, climate change and dwindling natural resources. The stakes are high, and we are dangerously unprepared. As a former paratrooper and military contractor, Sean McFate has been on the front lines of deep state conflicts. He has seen firsthand the horrors of battle and as a strategist, understands the complexity of the current military situation. The West is playing the same old war games, but the enemy has changed the rules. In this new age of war: -technology will not save us,-victory will belong to the cunning, not the strong, -plausible deniability is more potent than firepower-corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power than nation states, and loyalty will sit with the highest bidder.This is The Art of War for the 21st century. Adapt and we can prevail. Fail, and size and strength won't protect us. Learn how to triumph in the coming age of conflict in ten new rules.
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