War with Russia

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General Sir Richard Shirreff Born in Kenya in 1955 where he spent his early years, Richard Shirreff commissioned into the British Army as a cavalry officer after reading history at Oxford. In his 37 years of service he commanded soldiers on operations from the most junior to the most senior levels. He saw combat as a tank commander in the First Gulf War, experienced many of the complexities of Northern Ireland during his three tours there and learned firsthand the challenges of bringing peace to the Balkans in both Kosovo and Bosnia. He returned to Iraq as a multinational commander in 2006-7. When not in command he spent time either being educated in the art and science of war on a succession of different command and staff courses or in a range of posts as a formulator or executor of policy in the Ministry of Defence and Army Headquarters. His last seven years in uniform were spent in two senior NATO command posts: Commander ofthe Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe; the Alliance's deputy strategic commander and the most senior British general in the Alliance. Since leaving the Army he has set up Strategia Worldwide, a risk management consultancy, He and his wife have two adult children and one grandchild, and live with their two springer spaniels in Hampshire. This is his first book. Title Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface Map of Baltic Region Prologue Part One: Reckoning 17:30 hours, Tuesday, 9 May 2017, Kharkiv, Ukraine 08:00 hours, Wednesday, 10 May 2017, The President's weekly defence and foreign policy meeting - The Kremlin, Moscow 11:00 hours, Wednesday, 10 May 2017, Comprehensive Crisis Operations Management Centre(CCOMC) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Belgium 07:00 hours, Friday, 12 May 2017, Briefing Room, Boryspill Air Force Base, Ukraine 19:00 hours, Friday, 12 May 2017, The Kremlin, Moscow 05:00 hours, Saturday, 13 May 2017, Washington, D.C. 07:00 hours, Sunday, 14 May 2017, Residence of DSACEUR, La Belle Alliance, Erbisoeul, Belgium 14:00 hours, Sunday, 14 May 2017, North Atlantic Council Conference Room, NATO Headquarters, Brussels 19:00 hours, Monday, 15 May 2017, Banks of River Daugava, Riga, Latvia 09:45 hours, Tuesday, 16 May 2017, Adazi Training Camp, Latvia 08:00 hours, Wednesday, 17 May 2017, Riga, Latvia 07:00 hours, Wednesday, 18 May 2017, National Defence Control Centre, Moscow 10:00 hours, Thursday, 18 May 2017, Adazi Training Camp, Latvia 14:00 hours, Thursday, 18 May 2017, NATO Headquarters, Brussels 16:00 hours, Thursday, 18 May 2017, National Armed Forces Joint HQ, Riga, Latvia 19:45 hours, Thursday, 18 May 2017, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons, Belgium 22:00 hours, Thursday, 18 May 2017, Central European Time 16:00 hours, Eastern Standard Time, The White House, Washington, D. C. 17:35 hours, Saturday, 20 May 2017, Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia 01:00 hours, Sunday, 21 May 2017, Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia 23:30 hours, Sunday, 21 May 2017, Camp David, Catoctin Mountains, Maryland 03:30 hours, Sunday, 21 May 2107, British Embassy, 5, J. Alunana Street, Riga, Latvia 12:30 hours, Sunday, 21 May 2017, The Russell Arms, Butler's Cross, Buckinghamshire 15:00 hours, Monday, 22 May 2017, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Middle Slip Jetty, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth 19:00 hours, Monday, 22 May 2017, National Defence Control Centre, Moscow 22:00 hours, Monday, 22 May 2017, Comprehensive Crisis Operations ManagementCentre (CCOMC) SHAPE headquarters, Mons, Belgium 04:40 hours, Friday, 26 May 2017, Somewhere in the forest, Gauja National Park, Latvia 08:30 hours, Saturday, 27 May 2017, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London 08:00 hours, Saturday, 27 May 2017, HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Baltic Sea 09:35 hours, Saturday, 27 May 2017,Control Room, Kilo Class submarine Krasnokamensk, Baltic Sea Part Two: Recovery 22:30 Hours, Friday, 2 June 2017, Prime Minister's Office, House of Commons, London 13:45 hours, Monday, 5 June 2017, The White House, Washington, D.C. 15:00 hours, Tuesday, 6 June 2017, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium 04:03 hours, Thursday, 8 June 2017, Gauja National Park Forest, Latvia Part Three: Riposte 12:00 hours, Thursday, 5 July 2017, 'The Tank', Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 16:00 hours, Tuesday, 6July 2017, North Atlantic Council, NATO Headquarters, Brussels 10:30 hours, Friday, 7 July 2017, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Cheltenham, England 12:45 hours, Friday, 7July 2017, GCHQ, Cheltenham, England 19:00 hours, Friday, 7July 2017, Forest south of Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad, Russia 13:30 hours, Saturday, 8 July 2017, Headquarters, Kaliningrad Special Region, Kaliningrad 15:00 hours, Saturday, 8 July 2017, The President's Office, The Kremlin, Moscow 22:00 hours, Saturday, 8 July 2017, Forest south of Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad, Russia 23:30 hours, Saturday, 8 July 2017, Central European Time, 00: 30 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, Comprehensive Crisis Operations Management Centre (CCOMC) SHAPE headquarters, Mons, Belgium 00:45 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Central European Time, 01:45 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, Command Bunker, Iskander Missile Battery, Pravdinsk, Kaliningrad 01:00 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Central European Time, 02:00 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, Over Wroclaw, Poland 01:15 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Central European Time, 02: 15 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, Forest north of Pravdinsk Iskander Battery, Kaliningrad 02:00 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Central European Time, 03: 00 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, 25,000 feet above Kaliningrad 02:25 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Central European Time, 03:25 hours, Sunday, 9 July 2017, Eastern European Time, Close to the Pravdinsk Iskander Battery, Kaliningrad Epilogue 09:15 hours, Sunday, 20 August 2017, Brown's, Woodstock Road, Oxford Glossary Acknowledgements