Table of Contents

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Preliminary Operations_x000D_
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The Massacre _x000D_
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Phase I_x000D_
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1 Flood and Fire_x000D_
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2 Knife in a Space Fight_x000D_
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3 The Successors Dilemma_x000D_
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4 Lethal in the Littoral_x000D_
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5 Stormfront Approaching_x000D_
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6 Grey Wizard_x000D_
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7 Overall Defense Concept_x000D_
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8 The Beetles_x000D_
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9 Tiger of the Land, Dragon of the Sea _x000D_
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Phase II_x000D_
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10 What Happens in Nevada…_x000D_
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11 The Butchers Bill_x000D_
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12 Retreat, Hell_x000D_
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13 Adaptation Battle_x000D_
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14 The High Ground_x000D_
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15 Break In_x000D_
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16 Resolve_x000D_
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17 Courage and Wisdom_x000D_
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18 Remote War _x000D_
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Phase III_x000D_
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19 Save Our Dream_x000D_
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20 New Strategy, Old Strategy_x000D_
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21 Transition_x000D_
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22 Monsoon_x000D_
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23 The City_x000D_
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24 The Pledge_x000D_
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25 Battle for Taichung_x000D_
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26 Battle for Taichung II_x000D_
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27 Mors Honesta_x000D_
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28 Morakot the Second_x000D_
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29 The Bitter Plain

About the Author

Mick Ryan is a strategist and retired major general from the Australian Army. A distinguished graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, as well as the USMC Command and Staff College and USMC School of Advanced Warfare, he is a passionate advocate of professional education and lifelong learning. In a 35-year military career, he commanded at multiple levels in the Australian Army and served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Timor. His first book, War Transformed, was published in 2022.

Reviews

The author's professional background equips him well to describe changes in military technology and tactics, and these areas are covered well in the narrative.
*Army Rumour Service*

A gripping account of future war that is equal parts entertaining and sobering. Mick Ryan writes with a credibility and authority that transforms this techno-thriller into a provocative wartime narrative that belies its fictional roots … An absolute must read.
*Steve Leonard, Senior Assistant Dean of the University of Kansas School of Business and co-editor of To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond*

To be successful, future war fiction requires an author who is militarily expert, has literary skill and an imaginative gift. Mick Ryan has all those qualities in abundance, and the result is a book that is entertaining, thought-provoking and quite possibly prescient. Not just an engaging tale but a warning of things to come.
*Eliot A. Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS*

White Sun War is a first-rate techno-thriller. It is an enjoyable read in and of itself, but its concept-driven narrative is what sets it apart from other books. The characters and their interactions illuminate ongoing debates about the future of war and how a conflict between the United States and China could well play out … While the goal is certainly to avoid war, it is far better to be intellectually prepared for that possibility and its conduct, and Ryan’s entry is a welcome addition to this discussion.
*Diplomatic Courier*