Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan joins the program for a wide-ranging discussion sparked by his reading of C.S. Forester's classic, The Ship. We discuss "useful fiction," lessons learned from Forester, and a whole raft of reading recommendations (see the show notes!).
Links
1. The Ship by C.S. Forester, reprint of the ed. published by Sun Dial Press in 1944.
2. Sea Control 247 - 2034 with Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman
3. Ghost Fleet, by Peter W. Singer and August Cole, Eamon Dolan Books, 2016.
4. Burn In, by P.W. Singer and August Cole, 2020.
5. An Eye for a Storm: Imagining the Future of Professional Military Education and Its Effect on the ADF of Tomorrow, by August Cole and PW Singer, The Forge.
6. Zero Day Code: A novel of the End of Days: a cyberwar apocalypse, by John Birmingham, Gigantic Bombs Corporation, 2021.