The Fifth Horseman and the New MAD: How Massive Attacks of Disruption Became the Looming Existential Danger to a Divided Nation and the World at Large

by Harlan Ullman

Overview

The new MAD, Massive Attacks of Disruption—and not China or Russia—are the most immediate and greatest dangers to the nation. But no one has recognized and thus acted to contain and prevent these potentially existential threats that, if left unchecked, will bring ruin to America and much of the planet.

Beyond traditional threats from states such as China and Russia and non-state actors employing violent extremism, can America’s politics and political system withstand the assaults of the Fifth Horseman and the new MAD, Massive Attacks of Disruption? The Covid-19 pandemic, the January 6 insurrection and takeover of the US Capitol, SolarWinds cyber attacks, the Texas storms that cut power, and the blocking of the Suez Canal are harbingers of the new MAD. And the nation is unaware and unprepared to deal with them.

What must be done? First, we must recognize the potentially existential dangers posed by MAD. Second, we must reorganize government to meet these dangers. Third, we need new national security strategies to protect, defend, and mitigate these new threats. Fourth, we must create a private-public partnership in a national re-investment fund that can redress many of the risks of MAD.

In this transformative and highly innovative and provocative book, Dr. Harlan Ullman issues a dramatic warning about so far unrecognized existential dangers to the nation and offers a plan of action America must take if the Fifth Horseman and the new MAD are to be tamed or broken.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637581391
Publisher:	Post Hill Press
Publication date:	12/14/2021
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. Harlan Ullman is a globally recognized thought leader and strategic thinker. Among his better known innovative concepts are: “shock and awe; “A Brains Based Approach to Strategic Thinking”; and “Massive Attacks of Disruption.” A former naval person and Swift Boat skipper in Vietnam who carried out over 150 combat missions, and later, commanded a destroyer in the Persian Gulf, he has advised heads of government and industry. He has also chaired several companies.

This is his tenth and most important book, which lays out the issues and makes major recommendations to repair a broken government, infrastructure, and in many ways a flawed national security policy and organization. He also is UPI’s Arnaud de Borchgrave distinguished columnist.

Table of Contents

Author's Note: Who Will Take Notice; Who Will Act? xi

Author's Guide for the Reader xv

Preface: State of the World, 2029 xix

Chapter 1 The Fifth Horseman, MAD, and a Disunited 51% Nation Called the United States 1

Chapter 2 Coronavirus, Climate Change, Cyber, Social Media, Terrorism, Debt, Drones, and Failed Government Driven by Technology 28

Chapter 3 Dragons and Bears I: Russia 56

Chapter 4 Dragons and Bears II: China on a MAD Collision Course 90

Chapter 5 Dragons and Bears III: China's Plans 109

Chapter 6 From Pandemic to Pandemic 129

Chapter 7 1914, 1939, 2001 or 1918, 1945, 1989? 160

Chapter 8 Restoring America I: A National Renaissance 187

Chapter 9 Restoring America II: New National Security and Defense Strategies in a MAD-Driven World 233

Chapter 10 Restoring America III: Smart Foreign Policies in the Age of MAD 272

Endnote: 2021 and 2037 295

Appendix: A Brains-Based Approach to Strategic Thinking 303

Acknowledgements 309