- Published: 13 June 2019
- ISBN: 9780241987490
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $18.99
Goliath
What the West got Wrong about Russia and Other Rogue States
- Published: 13 June 2019
- ISBN: 9780241987490
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $18.99
The Freakonomics of modern warfare
Conn Iggulden
An important book
Sir Richard Dearlove, former Director of MI6
Lively and provocative ... laced with examples from the history of conflict as well as his own career as a soldier
Sir Lawrence Freedman
Thought-provoking. Sean McFate puts his finger on key issues for Western security
Jonathan Evans, former head of MI5
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
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
Geraint Jones, bestselling author of Band of Brothers
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
A fascinating and disturbing book
Economist
Essential Reading
General Stanley McChrystal
Stunning. McFate is the new Sun Tzu
Admiral James Stavridis
McFate understands his subject from the inside... excellent
General Sir Rupert Smith
Radical thoughts on the West's approach to modern warfare
Sunday Times, Must Reads
My summer surprise - the sharpest account of the dilemmas of war and peace I've read for years
Robert Fox, Evening Standard
Why do western powers keep getting beaten when they go to war? This hard-hitting polemic by a former US paratrooper explains why - we are addicted to expensive, big tech that is useless against guerillas. Sean McFate's suggestion that western powers make greater use of mercenaries is interesting
The Times, 100 Best Books for Summer
Brilliantly eccentric
Robert Fox, Evening Standard