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.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018] |
| Description | xx, 246 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Brooks, Max. |
| Other author/creator | Amble, John. |
| Other author/creator | Cavanaugh, ML. |
| Other author/creator | Gates, Jaym. |
| Other author/creator | McChrystal, Stanley A. |
| Contents | The case for planet-building on Endor / Max Brooks -- The 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 grevious 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 -- 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 / Steve 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 -- A strategist, Yoda was not / ML Cavanaugh -- Epilogue : the lessons of Star Wars / ML Cavanaugh. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| General note | Place of publication from website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017044550 |
| ISBN | 9781640120334 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |