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*Secret Soldiers : Special Forces in the War against Terrorism by Peter Harclerode, Mike Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780304355075 Pub. Date: March 2001
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*British Army in Northern Ireland by Michael Dewar Hardcover - REVISED ISBN-13: 9781854092922 Pub. Date: September 1996
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Art of Deception in Warfare by Michael Dewar
 
 
 
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British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-Present by Michael Dewar
 
 
 
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Brush Fire Wars : Minor Campaigns of the British Army since 1945 by Michael Dewar
 
 
 
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Computer Compilation of Molecular Weights and Percentage Compositions for Organic Compounds by Michael James Steuart. Dewar, R. Jones
 
 
 
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*Day in the Life of the British Army by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780715397749 Pub. Date: March 1991
 
*Day in the Life of the British Army by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780715397749 Pub. Date: March 1991
 
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*Art of Deception in Warfare by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780715392225 Pub. Date: October 1989
 
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*British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-Present by Michael Dewar Paperback ISBN-13: 9780853686316 Pub. Date: May 1986
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*Brush Fire Wars : Minor Campaigns of the British Army since 1945 by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780312106744 Pub. Date: September 1984
  
 
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Revision as of 14:25, 3 February 2008

Dewar is a former Lt-col in the British Army who saw active service in the North of Ireland and subsequently wrote a book about the role of the British Army there (1985). He has been active in right wing think tanks and is regularly called on by the mainstream media as a terror or security expert.

Iraq as a cake walk

Peter Preston notes Dewar was amongst those paving the way for an invasion of Iraq by claiming an invasion would be quick:

The politicians and strategic planners were assuming quick triumph. 'We'll be greeted as liberators', said Vice-President Dick Cheney. Iraqis would hail our boys 'like the people of France in the 1940s', according to Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld's deputy. Rumsfeld himself was informing press briefings that 'we can go it alone, without Britain' as recently as 12 March. A ring of total confidence. Well-briefed military commentators put the likely duration of the fighting at a single week (as Colonel Mike Dewar, the Daily Express's battle expert, bravely informed an audience of 90 editors last month).[1]

Retail definition of 'terrorism'

Indeed, the tactic of attacking civilians helps to determine whether a group is terrorist or not, according to Colonel Mike Dewar, a former British army officer and now security analyst in London.
"Your methods determine if you are a terrorist," he said. "Targeting civilians is not a new phenomenon. The primary purpose of terrorist groups is to create terror in the population at large. The military should not, by definition, be terrorised." Civilians were the victims of the Tokyo sarin gas attacks in 1995. What is new perhaps is the scale of the attacks on civilians. Part of this is a product of technology.
"It is easier to get hold of explosives. There are better communications. Someone invented the car bomb. Somebody thought of flying planes into buildings," said Col Dewar.[2]

Anti-Pacifist

Proclaiming himself a committed Christian, Colonel Dewar went on to denounce those who supported non-violence, including Dr Kember and Mr Bartley, as 'fundamentalists'. He mocked the idea that prayer could thwart dictatorship and described weapons as God's 'tools' for use 'in the real world.'[3]

Affiliations

Publications, Notes

Publications

  • Secret Soldiers : Special Forces in the War against Terrorism by Peter Harclerode, Mike Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780304355075 Pub. Date: March 2001
  • British Army in Northern Ireland by Michael Dewar Hardcover - REVISED ISBN-13: 9781854092922 Pub. Date: September 1996
  • Day in the Life of the British Army by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780715397749 Pub. Date: March 1991
  • Art of Deception in Warfare by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780715392225 Pub. Date: October 1989
  • British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-Present by Michael Dewar Paperback ISBN-13: 9780853686316 Pub. Date: May 1986
  • Brush Fire Wars : Minor Campaigns of the British Army since 1945 by Michael Dewar Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780312106744 Pub. Date: September 1984

Notes

  1. The propaganda war Here is the news: Too much heat... too little light Wall-to-wall TV, the internet, 24-hour news... Saturation coverage is our only experience of the conflict in Iraq. As the battle for hearts and minds intensifies, is the media helping or hindering our understanding of the war? Peter Preston Sunday March 30, 2003 The Observer
  2. Friday, 25 October, 2002, 10:41 GMT 11:41 UK Analysis: Civilians as targets of terror By Paul Reynolds BBC News Online world affairs correspondent
  3. Military expert says peacemakers didn't imperil soldiers By staff writers 27 Mar 2006
  4. http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Dewar_Mike_434672701.aspx
  5. http://antipas.org/protected_files/news/europe/nato.html