Bøker av Sean McFate

"Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu." -Admiral James Stavridis (retired), former Supreme Allied Commander at NATOAn Economist Book of the Year 2019Some of the principles of warfare are ancient, others are new, but all described in The New Rules of War will permanently shape war now and in the future. By following them Sean McFate argues, we can prevail. But if we do not, terrorists, rogue states, and others who do not fight conventionally will succeed?and rule the world.The New Rules of War is an urgent, fascinating exploration of war?past, present and future?and what we must do if we want to win today from an 82nd Airborne veteran, former private military contractor, and professor of war studies at the National Defense University.War is timeless. Some things change?weapons, tactics, technology, leadership, objectives?but our desire to go into battle does not. We are living in the age of Durable Disorder?a period of unrest created by numerous factors: China's rise, Russia's resurgence, America's retreat, global terrorism, international criminal empires, climate change, dwindling natural resources, and bloody civil wars. Sean McFate has been on the front lines of deep state conflicts and has studied and taught the history and practice of war. He's seen firsthand the horrors of battle and understands the depth and complexity of the current global military situation. This devastating turmoil has given rise to difficult questions. What is the future of war? How can we survive? If Americans are drawn into major armed conflict, can we win? McFate calls upon the legends of military study Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and others, as well as his own experience, and carefully constructs the new rules for the future of military engagement, the ways we can fight and win in an age of entropy: one where corporations, mercenaries, and rogue states have more power and 'nation states' have less. With examples from the Roman conquest, World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and others, he tackles the differences between conventional and future war, the danger in believing that technology will save us, the genuine leverage of psychological and 'shadow' warfare, and much more. McFate's new rules distill the essence of war today, describing what it is in the real world, not what we believe or wish it to be.

In Paris, a motorcade is attacked by masked men who corner a Saudi prince and steal the case handcuffed to his wrist. A thousand miles away in Istanbul, the prince’s brother narrowly escapes a black ops ambush.Meanwhile, military contractor Tom Locke is asked to find the son of a government official in ISIS-infected Iraq. What Locke doesn’t know is that multiple sides of a clandestine war are scrambling to find the prince, and that his father may be using him to topple the Saudi government. Locke must navigate both the on-the-ground battle lines and the larger “deep state” war he has stumbled into yet again.The battle-hardened Locke must combat a fanatical enemy—while a duplicitous adversary closer to home waits for his chance to strike. Once again, Sean McFate lends his rare credibility to this riveting, fast-paced tale of enigmatic warriors and international treachery.

Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for Apollo Outcomes, a very successful private contracting firm. He is tapped for a top-secret black op in Ukraine, and has one week to rescue an oligarch's family and pull off a spectacular assault.What Locke doesn't know is that Brad Winters, his ambitious and enigmatic boss, is engaged in a high-stakes geopolitical chess game with influential powerbrokers in capitals around the world. One misstep could cost them everything. And that misstep may already have been committed by Locke's former love, war correspondent Alie MacFarlane, who impulsively makes a move that risks both their lives.Now Locke must move quickly to stay ahead of a looming betrayal that could lead to catastrophe . . . and tip the balance of power toward Putin's Russia.

McFate just might be the next Tom Clancy, only I think hes even better... The action is non-stop and shuttles back and forth between scary-believable and rollicking good fun. I read High Treason during a six-hour plane ride and the trip went by like the snap of my fingers.James PattersonIn this pulse-pounding action thriller perfect for fans of Brad Thor and David Baldacci, Tom Locke must stop dark forces working to overthrow the presidentEn route to the National Prayer Breakfast, the U.S. vice presidents motorcade is hit in a vicious, expertly planned attack that throws Washington, DC, into chaos. Everyone assumes its terrorists everyone but young FBI agent Jennifer Lin. She is certain that the easy answers here are not the likely ones. . . . Half a world away, former military contractor Tom Locke has his own doubts about what happenedand who did it. He suspects his former employer, Apollo Outcomes. But why would the global private military corporation orchestrate such a brutal strike on U.S. soil?Returning to DC, Locke teams with Lin and discovers that a civil war is secretly brewing in the military-contracting world. A division of one company has gone rogue, led by a power-hungry former colleague of Lockes who may have planned the attack on the vice president himself. But this man couldnt have pulled it off without help from inside the government. The VPs itinerary and route were confidentialwhich means there must be a traitor high up in either the White House or the NSA who is leaking information.But why? And who could be pulling the strings? Radical Islamic terrorists? Or is this a new ploy by Putin to subvert American leadership? Or is someone else behind the attack? Only Locke can get to the bottom of the conspiracyand blow it apart with one bold strike before its too late.High Treason has brutal assassinations, shocking betrayals, even heated gun battles in the shadow of the White House. It had me breathlessfrom the sheer audacity of its storytellingto its breakneck pacing. Its not to be missed!James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Odyssey

An electrifying thriller - the first in a blistering series for readers of Brad Thor, Tom Clancy and Daniel Silva.Tom Locke is an elite warrior working for Apollo Outcomes, one of the world's most successful private contracting firms. Pulled out of a mission in Libya, he is tapped for an unusual and risky assignment: a top secret black op in Ukraine. Given one week to rescue an oligarch's family and pull off a spectacular assault, he soon realises his mission has repercussions for this imperiled Eastern European nation and the world. What Locke doesn't know is that the operation comes with a dangerous complication: his enigmatic and ambitious boss, Brad Winters. One misstep could cost Locke - and the region - everything. Written by an army veteran with deep military expertise, Shadow War is an explosive and unputdownable thriller. Praise for Shadow War 'I was blown away' Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author'Ex-mercenary Sean McFate has produced a first novel that's assured, authentic, timely, gritty, and most of all real' C.J. Box, New York Times Best-selling Author of Badlands and Off the Grid'Shadow War has pace like a catapult, sudden and fierce, and it will hit readers straight between the eyes' Ted Bell, author of Patriot