Oliver Leighton Barrett

Christian American Bastard - go Home! Oliver Leighton Barrett

"Christian American Bastard - go home!" is part memoir, and part inspired by real events fiction that brings into focus the drivers of destructive global trends that cannot be stopped, contained much less reversed with American hard power. The book is a clash of civilizations story centered on two people - one a young United States Marine, and the other, a destitute orphan who leaves the Marine questioning his identity and his mission. This story elucidates the linkages between ecological disaster, Islamism, and failing states helping the reader to see how all three make terrorism not only possible but inevitable. At a time when the Pentagon is increasing its hard power foot print across so-called "hot bed of terror" states this thought provoking book challenges America's foundational assumptions about how terror can be defeated. It is especially a clarion call for a more pragmatic, informed and humane application of American power overseas.