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  • Published: 15 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9780553384727
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $35.00

7 Deadly Scenarios

A Military Futurist Explores the Changing Face of War in the 21st Century



Strategy expert Andrew Krepinevich reveals the biggest and most profound dangers facing America today, and what the country can do to prevent them. Now featuring an all new scenario on Afghanistan.

A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border. Major American cities are leveled by black-market nukes. China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown. Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons. What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How will we respond? Are we prepared?

These are the questions that Andrew F. Krepinevich asks—and answers—in this timely and often chilling book. As a military expert and consultant, Krepinevich must think the unthinkable based on the latest intelligence and geopolitical trends—and devise a response in the event our worst nightmares become reality.

As riveting as a thriller, 7 Deadly Scenarios reveals the forces—both overt and covert—that are in play; the real ambitions of world powers, terrorist groups, and rogue states; and the actions and counteractions both our enemies and our allies can be expected to take—and what we must do to prepare before it’s too late.

  • Published: 15 October 2010
  • ISBN: 9780553384727
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Andrew Krepinevich

Andrew F. Krepinevich is the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent policy research institute. A graduate of West Point and Harvard, he has served as a consultant on military affairs for the Department of Defense and the CIA, among other institutions. He currently serves on the Defense Policy Board and the Transformation Advisory Group of Joint Forces Command.

Praise for 7 Deadly Scenarios

  • "I would feel reassured today to see President Barack Obama with a copy of military futurist Andrew F. Krepinevich's 7 Deadly Scenarios. Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates would do well to put it on their reading lists, too. And so should you." --The Wall Street Journal
  • "Andrew Krepinevich is one of the most insightful voices we now have on national security issues. You can read this book--or we can go on learning the hard way." --Thomas E. Ricks, military correspondent, The Washington Post, and author, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-08