Introduction In a world of ever-increasing dependence on technology and the vast amount of information that is available, it is important to look at how this dependence will shape war in the future. P.W. Singer and August Cole present how this might look in the book Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War. Set in the near future the novel sets a hypothetical scenario that puts the United States at war with China and Russia. The initial conflict is a dramatic loss for America and an eye opener of the over reliance on digital systems, which begs the question, what do we do when the very systems we rely on are used against us? In my reading of the novel, I observed several key takeaways that I believe have great value in successfully fighting future wars and on growth as leaders. This review will discuss three main ideas that were present throughout the book and how to apply them to the present, as well as, mitigate them in the future. Part One will discuss how the authors build a view of technological dependence and how it impacts the conflict within the book. In this part, I will …show more content…
An interesting example of this is part of the novel. At the beginning of the war, the Americans felt invincible and yet were laid low in a single day. Many months later, the Chinese control the Pacific and occupy Hawaii. They control all satellite assets and have free rein of the Pacific. This leads them into the same complacency seen of the American’s at the beginning. Hawaii becomes a hotbed of insurgency. The same tactics used against America in the Afghanistan and Iraq are now used against the Chinese occupiers. The Chinese Soldiers cannot understand how this is possible because of their assumed superiority. On the ocean, the Chinese fleet is defeated by the same sense of superiority and complacency by the underequipped American