| Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict Contributor(s): Brooks, Max (Editor), Amble, John (Editor), Cavanaugh, ML (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1640120335 ISBN-13: 9781640120334 Publisher: Potomac Books OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Military - Strategy - Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 355.02 |
| LCCN: 2017044550 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.25" W x 9.5" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But the Star Wars saga has as much to say about successful strategies and real-life warfare waged in our own time and place. Strategy Strikes Back brings together over thirty of today's top military and strategic experts, including generals, policy advisors, seasoned diplomats, counterinsurgency strategists, science fiction writers, war journalists, and ground-level military officers, to explain the strategy and the art of war by way of the Star Wars films. Each chapter of Strategy Strikes Back provides a relatable, outside-the-box way to simplify and clarify the complexities of modern military conflict. A chapter on the case for planet building on the forest moon of Endor by World War Z author Max Brooks offers a unique way to understand our own sustained engagement in war-ravaged societies such as Afghanistan. Another chapter on the counterinsurgency waged by Darth Vader against the Rebellion sheds light on the logic behind past military incursions in Iraq. Whether using the destruction of Alderaan as a means to explore the political implications of targeting civilians, examining the pivotal decisions made by Yoda and the Jedi Council to differentiate strategic leadership in theory and in practice, or considering the ruthlessness of Imperial leaders to explain the toxicity of top-down leadership in times of war and battle, Strategy Strikes Back gives fans of Star Wars and aspiring military minds alike an inspiring and entertaining means of understanding many facets of modern warfare. It is a book as captivating and enthralling as Star Wars itself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brooks, Max: - Max Brooks is a writer, public speaker, nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is the author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Harlem Hellfighters, among other works. Brooks, and the other coeditors of this book, edited Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict (Potomac Books, 2018).Cavanaugh, ML: - ML Cavanaugh is a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute and a U.S. Army strategist with global experience. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, among other publications.Amble, John: - John Amble is the editorial director at the Modern War Institute and a military intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.Gates, Jaym: - Jaym Gates is an acquiring editor for Nisaba Press and Falstaff Books, as well as a freelance editor and author. She is the coeditor of War Stories: New Military Science Fiction. |