Paul Struhsaker
My New Book Project
How the Hell Did We Get Here?
A Citizens Guide to the New Cold War and the Rebuilding of Deterrence
The Early Reviews Are In ... We have a Hit:
I“Deterrence and moral leadership are what keep America safe. It’s as simple as that. Now, as international crises unfold with breakneck speed all around us, Paul Struhsaker, a former NSA analyst and Big Tech executive, lays out with clear, chilling, and readable analysis how the mechanisms of effective deterrence have eroded and what we need to rebuild them. How The Hell Did We Get Here? A Citizen's Guide to the New Cold War and the Rebuilding of Deterrence is a compelling and necessary book in a particularly fraught time.”
--Peter Heller, bestselling author of The Dog Stars and Burn
“How The Hell Did We Get Here?” a frightening look at the lessons we forgot from the last Cold War, takes us on a journey into several possible futures, most of which should scare the hell out of us . . . Struhsaker helps citizens understand the dire straits we find ourselves in, and what we need to do to achieve the most difficult goal of war—peace.."
-- Jad Davenport, National Geographic photographer, former war correspondent, 1985 - 1998
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My Book Has Launched!
Now available on Amazon or wherever books are sold - just ask your local bookstore!
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It’s the beginning of the end of “Pax Americana,” the nearly eighty years of relative peace without a World War. The world finds itself in a period of change, with increasing chaos and violence raging around the globe. It’s not an accident. An “Axis of Tyranny”—a new generation of autocrats in Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea—are engaged in a struggle to subvert the global world order of the US and our allies.
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Like it or not, the world is entering a new Cold War. A Cold War that can only be fought and won with deterrence. But what is deterrence exactly?
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Paul Struhsaker’s new book, How Hell Did We Get Here? is a comprehensive guide to this emerging new Cold War and our need to rebuild deterrence. The book unpacks the players and politics that have brought us to the brink of world war and how deterrence, the application of soft and hard power, can restore peace.
Deterrence is a complex subject. Historically, the subject of Cold War deterrence and resilience has been dealt with piecemeal, and a comprehensive overview of deterrence has not been available. The purpose of this book is to fill that void.
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You will love this book if you are interested in:
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The back story behind world events.
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The consequences of foreign policy decisions.
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The technology behind the military and space systems featured in today’s news headlines from hotspots in Europe, the Middle East, and the South China Sea.
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​WHY THIS BOOK? WHY NOW?
My journey in writing this book started in 2022 when Vladimir Putin issued his nuclear threats. It was only natural, given my background, that nervous friends and family would ask me what would happen should a nuclear war break out. To answer their questions, I wrote what has now become a popular blog entitled "Nuclear War, What's in it for You." That first blog led to a series of blogs and lectures over the last few years on subjects that intersect space technology, space warfare, and the impact of science and defense on U.S. policy. A recurring theme emerged from my research and writing: a handful of countries were becoming increasingly menacing "bad actors," and a new Cold War era had arrived. Yet few people understood or even cared about the growing global chaos beyond Putin's immediate threat. This lack of concern became a call to action for me to inform you, the reader, to be engaged. After all, we live in a democracy, and as informed citizens, you play a crucial role in addressing this New Cold War by selecting our leaders to meet this growing crisis.
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