For this reviewer, Peters’ sojourns in Tbilisi, Georgia, the Baltic countries, and in Moscow and St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia during the dying days of the Soviet Union were déjà vu-like snapshots that perfectly capture the people, places and atmosphere of that “broken world” (the “Soviet sickbed,” in Peters’ words). Having visited each of those places only a few weeks before Peters did, I can attest that his richly detailed narrative nails it perfectly. What Peters describes is exactly what it was like, and reading it evoked a flood of memories that vividly brought the sights, sounds, smells and experiences back to life. While most readers will not have visited these “lost worlds,” they will still be able to vicariously experience them through Peters’ superbly written “traveler’s tales.”

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Ralph Peters’ Looking for Trouble is a literary tour de force, the fascinating journeys of a modern-day adventurer who possesses the unmatched narrative skill to bring his improbable — but true — experiences to life. Don’t miss this latest “must read” book.

Author: Ralph Peters has been a lifelong traveler in and out of uniform, with experience in 70 countries on six continents. After rising from the rank of Army private, he retired shortly after his promotion to lieutenant colonel to write with greater freedom. His two-dozen published books, written under his own name and as Owen Parry, include influential works on strategy and security affairs, prize-winning historical novels, and bestselling thrillers. An opinion columnist for the New York Post, Peters has written for a wide range of publications and is a frequent media commentator. Recent travels have taken him back to Israel, throughout Africa, and back to Iraq. Peters is a member of the Armchair General magazine Advisory Board.

Reviewer: Colonel, U. S. Army, ret., Jerry D. Morelock, PhD is ARMCHAIR GENERAL Editor in Chief. From 1990 – 94 Colonel Morelock was Chief of Russia Branch on the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate and, as such, traveled extensively in the Soviet Union and Russia.

After Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia in support of South Ossetia seperatists in August 2008, Ralph Peters wrote an exclusive military analysis of the situation for ArmchairGeneral.com. Click here to read his article Assault on Georgia!

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