In 1974, a young Vietnam veteran wrote a science fiction novel about the future of warfare. The novel changed science fiction forever. But more than a half century later, can The Forever War still teach us about war and leadership? Join MWI Book Club cohosts John Amble and Theo Lipsky as they look for answers in the novel's plot and its depiction of military technology—from artificial intelligence to unmanned systems to personnel management.

Chapters

  • (00:00:06) - Book Club
  • (00:00:36) - The Forever War: A Book Review
  • (00:03:42) - The Forever War
  • (00:06:05) - Part 1 of The Battle of the Planet
  • (00:07:42) - The Transition From Civilian to Soldier: Part 1
  • (00:13:59) - Training and War
  • (00:16:35) - The First Casualties in 'Battlefield'
  • (00:18:33) - Battle Training and the First Battle
  • (00:25:17) - Part 1
  • (00:25:44) - The Forever War, William Mandela
  • (00:32:31) - The Book of William and Mary Gay Potter
  • (00:37:12) - In The Civil Military Divide, Part 3
  • (00:40:36) - Haldeman: The Search for Leadership
  • (00:50:38) - The End of The War: Technology and War
  • (01:00:09) - Beyond The Final Battle
  • (01:03:03) - The Forever War, Steven Spielberg
  • (01:05:53) - Haldeman on The War in Vietnam Part 3
  • (01:09:19) - The End of The Dark Knight
  • (01:11:40) - Bookmarking the End
  • (01:12:45) - The Odyssey: Moral Injuries
  • (01:15:18) - In the Dark Ages of War
  • (01:17:18) - On the Draft and the Brain Drain
  • (01:19:21) - The Forever War: A Literary Classic
  • (01:21:35) - The Forever War: A Response to Starship Troopers
  • (01:23:44) - Bonus Reads: Tolstoy's Complaint
  • (01:25:44) - The Book Club

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