Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strategy strikes back

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh, and Jaym Gates ; foreword by Stanley McChrystal

Sub title

how Star Wars explains modern military conflict

Summary

"This book addresses real-life applications of the "Star Wars" saga, from the political fallout of targeting civilians, to toxic top-down leadership, to the long-term consequences of abandoning postwar allies" --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The case for planet-building on Endor / Max rooks -- The Jedi and the senate / Jim Golby -- Distant warriors : are clones and troops too separate from the societies they serve? / Crispin J. Burke -- The ethics of destroying Alderaan/ Mick Cook -- On civil-military relationships in Star Wars / Daniel D. Maurer -- How general grevious and vulture droids foreshadow conflict's fast future / Raq Winchester and Fran Wilde -- From princess to general : the on-and off-screen rise of the woman warrior / Erica Iverson -- 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 -- The Jedi and the profession of arms / Steven Leonard -- The 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 -- Hybrid Star Wars : the battle of Endor / James Stavridis and Colin Steele -- Han, Greedo, and a strategy of prevention / Chuck Bies -- The logic of strategy in space / Steve Metz -- Darth Vader and mission command / Jonathan Bratten -- The battle of Hoth : a critical analysis / Andrew Liptak -- Why military forces adapt, even in a galaxy far, far away / Chuck Bies -- Dispatches from Hoth : when the blood runs cold / August Cole -- 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 -- Strategist, Yoda was not / ML Cavanaugh -- Epilogue : the lessons of Star Wars / ML Cavanaugh

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