Adam of The Metropolis Times (and a fellow exile from blogspirit) has now joined Shane, Stephen, Mike, and fl in reviewing my monograph, Revolutionary Strategies in Early Christianity: The 4GW Against Rome, and the COIN to Save It.

Adam’s review is excellent. He “gets” my reason for writing the book, and his main criticism (it is too short) is what every writer loves to hear. From the review:

The brief book outlines [tdaxp's] application of generational war theory and contemporary military strategy to Christianity’s peaceful conquest of the Roman Empire. Rome was extremely successful at defending against military and political threats. Christianity succeeded because it didn’t set out to conquer Rome, but to co-opt it. They succeeded because they “loved their enemies” and turned every Christian man and woman into a cultural warrior. Less than three centuries later, they won.

My background in these areas is very limited, and alphabet-soup of strategic theories (PISRR, OODA, etc.) can be intimidating. Fortunatly, Strategies takes each theory one step at a time and makes it easy for laypersons to comprehend things like a ‘Penetrate-Isloate-Subvert/Subdue-Reorient-Reharmonize’ loop. This is the book’s biggest strength in my opinion. Many, if not most, of its complex ideas are best illustrated graphically, and [tdaxp] is not afraid to supplement his explanations with a plethora of clear, simply constructed graphs and charts. Even if early Christianity in particular is not of interest to you, Strategies is worth picking up just for the clear explanations of military theory that is relevant in today’s political debates – Counter-Insurgency Operations (COIN) in particular. Other examples, such as Vichy France and IMB, assist the reader’s understanding.

Read Adam’s full review, or buy the book today!