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# Strategy Strikes Back: A real book!
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/strategy-strikes-back-military-history-star-wars/
- Published: 2018-04-11T20:47:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T13:24:32.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Star Wars

So this is a thing that I got in the mail: my contributor copy for *Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Conflict*. It's a book of critical essays from a bunch of people from around the pop culture / military sphere that uses Star Wars to talk about warfare. Jaym Gates, my co-editor from *War Stories: New Military Science Fiction*, worked on it, and it includes essays from people like Max Brooks (of *World War Z* fame), Fran Wilde (*Updraft*), BJ Armstrong (who also attended Norwich University's Masters in Military History program), August Cole (*Ghost Fleet*), and a ton of others. We talk about clone armies, military strategy, and quite a bit more.

My essay is called "The Battle of Hoth: A Critical Analysis", and looks at the command decisions that led to the Rebel's escape, which is something I spent way too much time thinking about. But I'm happy with how it came out.

[The Battle of Hoth: a critical analysisHow the Empire made critical errors and allowed the Rebel Alliance to escape, and the lessons we can learn from it![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/icon/54948818650_d4d892e6db_w-4c1c2ffc-07ce-4f30-9cce-64debac79166.jpg)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/thumbnail/at-at-empire-01-1-9c3c40c6-10ce-4685-8a50-a0b162d7f670.jpg)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-empire-strikes-back-battle-hoth-warfare/)

And it's a book that you can soon buy! The book hits stores on May 1st, and you can preorder it at [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Strikes-Back-Explains-Military/dp/1640120335?ref=andrewliptak.com), [Barnes & Noble](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strategy-strikes-back-max-brooks/1127290888?ean=9781640120334&ref=andrewliptak.com#/), [Indiebound](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781640120334?ref=andrewliptak.com), and [Nebraska University Press](http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781640120334/?ref=andrewliptak.com). If you like *Star Wars* and warfare, this should make for an interesting, thought-provoking read.

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