{"product_id":"strategy-strikes-back-how-star-wars-explains-modern-military-conflict-9781640123601","title":"Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most successful film franchise of all time, \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e saga has as much to say about successful strategies and real-life warfare waged in our own time and place. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e brings together more than 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 \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each chapter of \u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e provides a relatable, outside-the-box way to simplify and clarify the complexities of modern military conflict. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e gives \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e fans and aspiring military minds alike an inspiring and entertaining means of understanding many facets of modern warfare in a book as captivating as \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e itself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Illuminating.\"—Lawrence D. Freedman, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Over the course of history, our single greatest vulnerability has been a failure of imagination. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e confronts that vulnerability. The future may not evolve precisely as these authors suggest, but evolve it will. As it does, we will discover that some of tomorrow’s challenges will prove to be timeless, and others surprisingly new. Learning to imagine now will be time well spent.”—Gen. Martin Dempsey, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u003cbr\u003e\"This assortment of imaginative and fun analyses is an absolute essential for any military theorist, strategist, critic, and lover of the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e saga that to this day, continues to inspire, expand, and hold a profound sway in our imaginations.\"—Christopher S. Poppleton, \u003ci\u003eAviation Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is just as much a foundational mythology of our time as \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e was a long time ago. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously uses that world far, far away to help readers take a look at our wars here today.”—P. W. Singer, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWired for War\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGhost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You might be forgiven for thinking the never-ending \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e franchise was simply a cash cow built of sequels, spin-offs and toys. But the space saga is actually helping further the discussion about military strategy right here on Earth.\"—Chad Jones, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone with a basic knowledge of the \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e universe is sure to enjoy the creative parallels used by these esteemed authors to simplify complex topics. Avid fans with deep knowledge of this universe cannot help but embrace these parallels, think through them more deeply, and dig even deeper into them as they try to support or argue against the authors while also showing off their superior knowledge of their favorite series of movies.\"—Steve Luczynski, \u003ci\u003eStrategy Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back \u003c\/i\u003esucceeds . . . in illuminating the parallels between war-fighting in speculative fiction and the real world. It opens strategic thinking to non-expert audiences, and prompts experts to reason creatively about the role of force—and indeed the Force—in establishing and maintaining political order.\"—Stephen Dyson, H-Diplo\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStrategy Strikes Back\u003c\/i\u003e highlights what good science fiction and serious reflection on pop culture can do: bring the (strategic) dilemmas of the current age into stark relief.\"—Erin Simpson, \u003ci\u003eWar on the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This may be the most innovative and interesting book on military strategy ever published. . . . This volume takes a completely different approach to explaining both the eternal nature and modern intricacies of strategy, politics, and conflict by using the popular Star Wars movies as a common frame of reference for discussing the many issues and challenges modern practitioners of the strategic arts face.\"—Jerry Lenaburg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Stanley McChrystal\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e ML Cavanaugh\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Max Brooks\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Society and War\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Case for Planet Building on Endor\u003cbr\u003e Max Brooks\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Jedi and the Senate\u003cbr\u003e Jim Golby\u003cbr\u003e 3. Distant Warriors: Are Clones and Troops Too Separate from the Societies They Serve?\u003cbr\u003e Crispin J. Burke\u003cbr\u003e 4. On Destroying Alderaan\u003cbr\u003e Mick Cook\u003cbr\u003e 5. Civil-Military Relationships in \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel D. Maurer\u003cbr\u003e 6. How General Grievous and Vulture Droids Foreshadow Conflict’s Fast Future\u003cbr\u003e Raq Winchester and Fran Wilde\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Princess to General: The On- and Offscreen Rise of the Woman Warrior\u003cbr\u003e Erica Iverson\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Preparation for War\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tarkin Doctrine: The Empire’s Theory of Victory\u003cbr\u003e Kelsey D. Atherton\u003cbr\u003e 9. How Not to Build an Army: The Empire’s Flawed Military Force\u003cbr\u003e Mick Ryan\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Jedi and the Profession of Arms\u003cbr\u003e Steve Leonard\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Right Fleet: Starships for Strategic Purpose\u003cbr\u003e BJ Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e 12. Why We Need Space Marines\u003cbr\u003e B. A. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e 13. Jedi Mind Tricks: From the Reel to the Real\u003cbr\u003e Jean Marie Ward\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lightsabers and Death Stars: Military-Technology Lessons from \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dan Ward\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Waging a War\u003cbr\u003e 15. Hybrid \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e: The Battle of Endor\u003cbr\u003e James Stavridis and Colin Steele\u003cbr\u003e 16. Han, Greedo, and a Strategy of Prevention\u003cbr\u003e Chuck Bies\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Logic of Strategy in Space\u003cbr\u003e Steve Metz\u003cbr\u003e 18. Darth Vader and Mission Command\u003cbr\u003e Jonathan Bratten\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Battle of Hoth: A Critical Analysis\u003cbr\u003e Andrew Liptak\u003cbr\u003e 20. Why Military Forces Adapt, Even in a Galaxy Far, Far Away\u003cbr\u003e Chuck Bies\u003cbr\u003e 21. Dispatch from Hoth: When the Blood Runs Cold\u003cbr\u003e August Cole\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Assessment of War\u003cbr\u003e 22. Darth Vader’s Failed Counterinsurgency Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Liam Collins\u003cbr\u003e 23. Why the Jedi Won Fights, Not Wars\u003cbr\u003e John Spencer\u003cbr\u003e 24. Why the Galactic Republic Fell: An Imperial-Network Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Van Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 25. Why the Empire Failed\u003cbr\u003e Theresa Hitchens\u003cbr\u003e 26. \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Cyclical History, and Implications for Strategy\u003cbr\u003e Kathleen J. McInnis\u003cbr\u003e 27. Suffer, the Weak Must: A History of the Galactic Civil War\u003cbr\u003e Craig Whiteside\u003cbr\u003e 28. A Strategist, Yoda Was Not\u003cbr\u003e ML Cavanaugh\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Lessons of \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ML Cavanaugh\u003cbr\u003e Contributors","brand":"Potomac Books Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534206378327,"sku":"9781640123601","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781640123601.jpg?v=1731894038","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/strategy-strikes-back-how-star-wars-explains-modern-military-conflict-9781640123601","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}