STRATEGY
Ender's Game
By Orson Scott Card · 226 pages
Why this title matters
A child prodigy is trained to command humanity's fleet against an alien invasion, but the real subject is the ethics of deception in warfare, the psychology of leadership under extreme pressure, and the moral cost of preparing warriors who win wars they don't fully understand. A thought experiment that military readers never quite finish arguing about.
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Reading category: STRATEGY
A shelf for competition, campaigns, institutions, and the mental models that help leaders connect tactical decisions to strategic outcomes.