Why 'Starship Troopers' Is the New 'The Art of War'

I first read Starship Troopers in 1959. The book is much better than the movie. After reading this review in Popular Mechanics I will read it again.  Robert Heinlein was a commentator on many social issues well ahead of his time. Consider this quotation on Socialism

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as “bad luck. 

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