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03563aam a2200385 i 4500 001 46679562859A11E8923A555497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180712011024 008 180208s2018 nbu bd s000 0 eng c 010 $a 2017044550 020 $a 1640120335 020 $a 9781640120334 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a U102 $b .S79 2018 082 00 $a 355.02 $2 23 245 00 $a Strategy strikes back : $b how Star Wars explains modern military conflict / $c edited by Max Brooks, John Amble, ML Cavanaugh, and Jaym Gates ; foreword by Stanley McChrystal. 264 1 $a [Lincoln, NE] : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xx, 246 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Place of publication from website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Military art and science $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Military art and science $v Miscellanea. 700 1 $a Brooks, Max, $e editor. 700 1 $a Amble, John, $e editor. 700 1 $a Cavanaugh, ML, $e editor. 700 1 $a Gates, Jaym, $e editor. 700 1 $a McChrystal, Stanley A., $e author of foreword. 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006114754.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20180915010951.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20180712014857.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=46679562859A11E8923A555497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search