Ep 017 "Military Science Fiction and the Profession of Arms"

"The noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's desolation."Robert Heinlein, Starship TroopersEffective 20 June 2025, I did a major improved revision on the sound quality for all my WarNotes episodes retroactively thanks to the technology at Podsworth.I think the military science fiction milieu provides a great tool for forecasting and predicting possible conflict futures.It may be yet another tool to take this magnificent US 20th century fighting machine and make it a peer combat competitor in the 21st century.Speculative fiction provides a means to extrapolate what possible war futures are peering over the horizon.Books:Military FictionEric Frank Russell The WaspKarl Marlantes Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam WarJames Jones From Here to EternityJames Gould Cozzens Guard of HonorAnton Myrer Once an EaglePaul Avallone Tattoo ZooMilitary Science FictionMichael Z. Williamson The Weapon (Freehold Series)Joe Haldeman The Forever War (The Forever War Series)Robert A. Heinlein Starship TroopersKali Altsoba Invasion!: The Orion WarJerry Pournelle and Larry Niven Legacy of BeowulfJerry Pournelle and Larry Niven FootfallJerry Pournelle and SM Stirling West of Honor (CoDominium Future History Book 1)Craig Dilouie Tooth and NailMy SubstackEmail at cgpodcast@pm.me