Memoirs, Travelers & Explorers 

From poignant encounters in the ruins of Russia to surreal road trips in the Middle East, from face-offs with swastika-flaunting thugs in America to a long Asian night in the company of the world's most dangerous Elvis impersonator, Ralph Peters' recounting of his remarkable-and some times downright bizarre- travels as an unorthodox intelligence officer glide between the hunting and the hilarious.
Sent off to sift the wreckage of other people's conflicts or assigned to investigate strategic crises first-hand, Peters travel alone or in the company of a few remarkable fellow soldiers- to the badlands of Pakistan and darkness-at-noon Burma, into Iraq and foot and down the drug ravaged streets of Los Angeles. whether dodging cocaine cowboys fundamentalists- run refugee camps, Peters brings his adventure and misadventures to romping life in a beautiful written book that's also laugh-out-loud funny. 

CONTENTS

Introduction: The Road to Iraq, 2004 ……………………………..P. xi

June 1991: The Caucasus ………………………………………….......P. 1

June 1991: The Green Grave ………………………………………....P. 28

June 1991: Lord of the Mountains …………………………………..P. 52

1952-1989: The Tempting Fortress ………………………………..P. 81

May, June 1990: From Mustapha, to Natasha, with love .P. 108

June 1990: The Great Khan's Morning After ……………………P. 126

Summer 1992: Blood in the Black Garden ……………………..P. 158

Summer 1992 Continued: Land of Stones, Land of Fire …P. 183

September 1992-August 1993: Among The Missing ……….P. 206

1994: Thug Wars To Drug Wars ……………………………………...P. 227

1995: Pakistan …………………………………………………………........P. 251

1996: Elvis, Buddha and the Burrito of the Apocalypse ….P. 306

Epilog: Huck vs. Ahab ………………………………………………….....P. 336