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To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond
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by Jonathan Klug (Editor), Steven Leonard (Editor), Mick Ryan (Foreword by)
Jonathan Klug
To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond
304
by Jonathan Klug (Editor), Steven Leonard (Editor), Mick Ryan (Foreword by)
Jonathan Klug
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Overview
A multi-author exploration of leadership and strategy through the lens of classic science fiction.The literature of ideas. When author Pamela Sargent used those words to describe science fiction in 1975, the genre had exploded into the literary mainstream. As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact. To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world—experts in leadership and strategy, senior policy advisors and analysts, professional educators and innovators, experienced storytellers, and ground-level military leaders—to help us better understand ourselves through the lens of science fictionEach chapter of To Boldly Go draws out the lessons that we can learn from science fiction, drawing on classic examples of the genre in ways that are equally relatable and entertaining. A chapter on the burdens of leadership by Ghost Fleet author August Cole launches readers into the cosmos with Captain Avatar aboard the space battleship Yamato. In another chapter, the climactic Battle of the Mutara Nebula from The Wrath of Khan weighs the advantages of experience over intelligence in the pursuit of strategy. What does inter-species conflict in science fiction tell us about our perspectives on social Darwinism? Whether using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to explore the nuances of maritime strategy or The Expanse to better understand the threat posed by depleted natural resources, To Boldly Go provides thoughtful essays on relevant subjects that will appeal to business leaders, military professionals, and fans of science fiction alike.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781636240626 |
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| Publisher: | Casemate Publishers |
| Publication date: | 10/14/2021 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Sales rank: | 1,093,404 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
Jonathan Klug is a professor at the U.S. Army War College, military strategist, and historian. A PhD candidate in Military and Naval History at the University of New Brunswick, he is an award-winning military history instructor and has taught at both the Air Force and Naval Academies.
Steve Leonard is an award-winning faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Business, where he serves as Senior Assistant Dean and Professor of the Practice. A former senior military strategist and the creative force behind the defense microblog, Doctrine Man!!, he is a career writer and speaker with a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of thought leaders. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point; the co-founder of the national security blog, Divergent Options; co-founder of the Military Writers Guild; and a member of the editorial review board of the Arthur D. Simons Center’s Interagency Journal. He is the author, co-author, or editor of several books, including To Boldly Go (Casemate, 2021), Why We Write (Middle West Press, 2019), Winning Westeros (Potomac Books, 2019), and Strategy Strikes Back (Potomac Books, 2018).
Mick Ryan is a strategist and retired major general from the Australian Army. A distinguished graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, as well as the USMC Command and Staff College and USMC School of Advanced Warfare, he is a passionate advocate of professional education and lifelong learning. In a 35-year military career, he commanded at multiple levels in the Australian Army and served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Timor. His first book, War Transformed, was published in 2022.
Steve Leonard is an award-winning faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Business, where he serves as Senior Assistant Dean and Professor of the Practice. A former senior military strategist and the creative force behind the defense microblog, Doctrine Man!!, he is a career writer and speaker with a passion for developing and mentoring the next generation of thought leaders. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point; the co-founder of the national security blog, Divergent Options; co-founder of the Military Writers Guild; and a member of the editorial review board of the Arthur D. Simons Center’s Interagency Journal. He is the author, co-author, or editor of several books, including To Boldly Go (Casemate, 2021), Why We Write (Middle West Press, 2019), Winning Westeros (Potomac Books, 2019), and Strategy Strikes Back (Potomac Books, 2018).
Mick Ryan is a strategist and retired major general from the Australian Army. A distinguished graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, as well as the USMC Command and Staff College and USMC School of Advanced Warfare, he is a passionate advocate of professional education and lifelong learning. In a 35-year military career, he commanded at multiple levels in the Australian Army and served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Timor. His first book, War Transformed, was published in 2022.
Table of Contents
Foreword—Major General Mick RyanIntroductionPART I: THE CAPTAIN’S HAND1 Space Battleship Yamato and the Burden of Command—August Cole2 Of X-Wings and Y-Wings—Kera Rolsen3 Adama’s Unequal Dialogue—Mick Cook4 Earth Must Come First!—Jo Brick5 You’re Not Ender Wiggins, and That’s Okay—Will Meddings6 Princess Leia and the Strategic Art of Métis—Heather S. Gregg7 Want to Know More?—Jess WardPART II: THE FINAL FRONTIER8 Yours is the Superior—Jonathan Klug and Steven Leonard9 The Empire’s New Hope—James Groves10 Graff’s Game—Thomas Bruscino11 From Tactics to Galactic Grand Strategy—Major General Mick Ryan12 Where No Port Has Gone Before—Timothy Choi13 Sun Tzu, Ender, and the Old Man—Kathleen J. McInnisPART III: THE PRIME DIRECTIVE14 All That You Touch You Change—Jacqueline E. Whitt15 Romulans and Remans—Max Brooks16 Are We Such Apostles of Mercy?—Janeen Webb17 Beware the Beast Man–Steven Leonard18 Flag Follows Trade—Theresa Hitchens19 The Vice Admiral and the Flyboy–Kelsey Cipolla20 I Exist Only to Serve—Julie M. Still and Kelly A. LelitoPART IV: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS21 One Voice in the Night—Clara Engle22 There’s No Screaming in Space—Jon Niccum23 The Final Frontier—Erica Iverson24 Blood Lessons—M. L. Cavanaugh25 You Rebel Scum!—Jonathan Klug26 Calm Men Who Deal Death Wholesale—Rebecca JensenPART V: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES27 We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here—Margarita Konaev28 Things We Learned from Captain Trips—Craig and Steve Whiteside29 Musings on the Murderbot—Elsa B. Kania30 Man > Machine—Liam Collins31 You Can’t Hide From the Things You’ve Done—Francis J. H. ParkPART VI: THE DARK SIDE32 The Mark of Locutus—David Calder33 From Darth Vader to Dark Helmet—Dan Ward34 To Live and Die at My Command—Jonathan Klug35 The Mirror Crack’d—Steven LeonardContributorsIndexFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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