Title:
Strategy strikes back : how Star Wars explains modern military conflict / edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh, and Jaym Gates ; foreword by Stanley McChrystal.
ISBN:
9781640120334
Publication Information:
[Lincoln, Neb.] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Physical Description:
xx, 246 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Place of publication from website.
Contents:
Part 1: SOCIETY AND WAR. Case for planet-building on Endor / Max Brooks ; Jedi and the Senate / Jim Golby ; Distant warriors : are clones and troops too separate from the societies they serve? / Crispin J. Burke ; On destroying Alderaan / Mick Cook ; Civil-military relationships in Star Wars / Daniel D. Maurer ; How General Grievous and vulture droids foreshadow conflict's fast future / Raq Winchester and Fran Wilde ; From princess to general : the on- and offscreen rise of the woman warrior / Erica Iverson -- Part 2: PREPARATION FOR WAR. Tarkin doctrine : the Empire's theory of victory / Kelsey D. Atherton ; How not to build an army : the Empire's flawed military force / Mick Ryan ; Jedi and the profession of arms / Steve Leonard ; Right fleet : starships for strategic purpose / BJ Armstrong ; Why we need space marines / B.A. Friedman ; Jedi mind tricks : from the reel to the real / Jean Marie Ward ; Lightsabers and death stars : military-technology lessons from Star Wars / Dan Ward -- Part 3: WAGING A WAR. Hybrid Star Wars : the battle of Endor / James Stavridis and Colin Steele ; Han, Greedo, and a strategy of prevention / Chuck Bies ; Logic of strategy in space / Steve Metz ; Darth Vader and mission command / Jonathan Bratten ; Battle of Hoth : a critical analysis / Andrew Liptak ; Why military forces adapt, even in a galaxy far, far away / Chuck Bies ; Dispatch from Hoth : when the blood runs cold / August Cole -- Prt 4: ASSESSMENT OF WAR. Darth Vader's failed counterinsurgency strategy / Liam Collins ; Why the Jedi won fights, not wars / John Spencer ; Why the Galactic Republic fell : an Imperial-network perspective / Van Jackson ; Why the Empire failed / Theresa Hitchens ; Star Wars, cyclical history, and implications for strategy / Kathleen J. Mcinnis ; Suffer, the weak must : a history of the Galactic civil war / Craig Whiteside ; A strategist, Yoda was not / ML Cavanaugh -- Epilogue: Lessons of Star Wars / ML Cavanaugh.
Summary:
"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. [This book] 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."--Dust jacket.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1009279506
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
