General Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff KCB, CBE (born 1955) is a senior British Army officer. From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In 2016, Shirreff published a book entitled [i]2017: War with Russia: An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command[/i]. It suggests that Russia could easily invade the Baltic States, war between Russia and NATO would be possible, and alleges that former Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond tried to court-martial him when he spoke up on British defence cuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shirreff