A review by karliemac
Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by John Amble, Jaym Gates, Max Brooks, M.L. Cavanaugh, Stanley McChrystal

4.0

This is a fun book to read and I recommend it to Star Wars fans and to aspiring strategists. That said, I would have liked to have seen an essay dealing with insurgency/counterinsurgency from Rogue One, and the rich ground of Star Wars: Rebels was never explored. Also, I question whether some of the essay authors have explored anything past superficial viewings of the movies - here and there they betrayed a lack of research into different subjects, such as the fact that the Jedi were never meant to be a military arm of the Republic nor were they any type of a military organization; indeed, the best comparison would be to the Knights Templar, not a national/international army. Still, the book is well-written and will make you think.