{"product_id":"strategy-strikes-back-how-star-wars-explains-modern-military-conflict-9781640123601","title":"Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict","description":"The 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, public speaker, nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, and senior resident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Art of Future Warfare project. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War\u003c\/i\u003e and the coauthor (with John Amble, ML Cavanaugh, and Jaym Gates) of \u003ci\u003eWinning Westeros: How\u003c\/i\u003e Game of Thrones \u003ci\u003eExplains Modern Military Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e (Potomac, 2019). \u003cb\u003eJohn Amble\u003c\/b\u003e is the editorial director of the Modern War Institute. A former U.S. Army military intelligence officer, he is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. \u003cb\u003eML Cavanaugh\u003c\/b\u003e is a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute and a U.S. Army strategist with global experience. \u003cb\u003eJaym Gates\u003c\/b\u003e is a science fiction editor and author, with more than a dozen anthologies to her credit. \u003cb\u003eStanley McChrystal\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S. Army general (ret.) who led the Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq during the Persian Gulf wars and was top commander of American forces in Afghanistan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615529373970,"sku":"9781640123601","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2523db94-0546-426f-af8a-2d7f8512256f.jpg?v=1732492847","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strategy-strikes-back-how-star-wars-explains-modern-military-conflict-9781640123601","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}