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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military art and science.
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Military art and science. |
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Leadership -- Military aspects.
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Leadership. |
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Star Wars films -- Military aspects.
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Star Wars films. |
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Combat.
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Combat. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Brooks, Max, editor.
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Amble, John, editor.
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Cavanaugh, ML, editor.
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Gates, Jaym, editor.
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McChrystal, Stanley A., writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Strategy strikes back. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018] 9781640120334 (DLC) 2017044550 (OCoLC)1009279506 |
| ISBN |
9781640120792 (electronic book) |
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1640120793 (electronic book) |
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9781640120815 (electronic book) |
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1640120815 (electronic book) |
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9781640120334 |
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1640120335 |
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9781640120808 (mobi) |
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