PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Learning the Art of War from Dr. Seuss – Montgomery McFate
Dr. Seuss in Military Art & Science
Life in Uniform
Hidden in Plain Sight
Lessons from the Master
Conclusion
PART II. BOUNDING THE SUBJECT
Chapter 2. I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew and Grand Strategy – Antulio J. Echevarria II
Troubles
Psychological Resilience
Misadventure
Isolationism/Anti-Isolationism
Military Leadership
Friction
End States
Utility of Force
In Conclusion
Chapter 3. Oh, the Places You’ll Go & Grand Strategy in Outer Space – Saadia M. Pekkanen
Grand Strategy
Three Uncertainties
Democratization
Commercialization
Militarization
Bright Places with Boom Bands
In Conclusion: the Great Balancing Act
Chapter 4. Horton Hears a Who and International Human Rights Law – John Hursh
The Making of Horton
Listening
The Encounter
Do No Harm
Tolerance
Development
Torture
Collective Action
Conclusion
PART III. SPECIALIZED DOMAINS OF WARFARE
Chapter 5. Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose and Environmental Security – Rebecca Pincus and Montgomery McFate
Capacity and Collapse
Short Term Interests, Long Term Consequences
Common Pool Resource Dilemmas
Social Norms and Vulnerability
Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Mass Extinction
Deep Ecology
In Conclusion: ‘All Stuffed, as They Should Be’
Chapter 6. Cat in the Hat and Cyber Warfare – Jon R. Lindsay and Michael Poznansky
Unwitting Cooperation
Unintended Consequences
Staged Operations
Leaving No Trace
Offense-Defense Balance
Deviance and Authority
In Conclusion: Warnings to Ponder
Chapter 7. Private Snafu and Political Propaganda – Kevin P. Eubanks
Hollywood at War
Propaganda and its Discontents
Propaganda and Democracy
Anti-Authoritarianism
Individual Freedom
Civil Society
Chapter 8. Yertle the Turtle and Authoritarianism and Resistance – Katherine Blue Carroll
Staying in Power
Explaining Mass Protest
Lone Dissidents (Explaining Mack)
Conclusion: Plea for a Seussian Research Agenda
Chapter 9. Hunches in Bunches: Intelligence and National Security Decision-Making – Genevieve Lester, John Nagl, and Montgomery McFate
The Wrong Hunch
The Happy Hunch
Real Tough Homework Hunch
The Better Hunch
The Sour Hunch
Very Odd Hunch
The Unhelpful Hunch
The Spookish Hunch
The Nowhere Hunch
Up Hunch
The Down Hunch
Wild Hunches in Big Bunches
Super Hunch
In Conclusion: Munch Hunch
PART IV. THEORIES OF WARFARE
Chapter 10. Horton and the Kwuggerbug and Deception - Chris C. Demchak
The Kwuggerbug and the Deceptive False Flag State
The Grinch Deceives the Hoobubs … Again
Marco Comes Late and Spins a Tale….
Resilience in How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town
Conclusion: Deception is a Strategy that Pays
Chapter 11. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? and Luck in Warfare – Erich Henry Wagner and Montgomery McFate
The Bunglebung Bridge and the Dangers of War Technology
Zayt Highway Eight and the Dangers of Roads
The Schlottz and the Wounds of War
Hawtch-Hawtcher Bee-Watcher and Military Intelligence
Poogle-Horn Players and the Danger of Broken Tools
Harry Haddow’s Shadow: Changing One’s Luck
The Brothers Ba-Zoo: Lucky Comrades in War
That Forest in France: Luck and the Environment in Warfare
The Seventeenth Radish: Luck and the Randomness of Survival
In Conclusion: A Game of Cards
Chapter 12. The Butter Battle Book and Deterrence and Escalation – Sam J. Tangredi
Controversy and Reality
Arms Race
Tech Pace
Escalation and Hesitation
Rational or National
Renegades and Provocateurs
Deterrence and Non-Occurrence
Punishment or Denial
War Termination
In Conclusion: Guns or Butter
PART V. CONSEQUENCES OF WARFARE
Chapter 13. How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Traumatic Stress – Montgomery McFate
The Grinch as Allegory
Wartime Trauma
Diagnostic Criteria
Progressive Worsening of the Disorder
Physical Alterations
Emotional Dysregulation
Avoidance of Triggers
Withdrawal and Isolation
Reenactment of Trauma
Resilience and Healing of the Grinch
Social Connectedness
Acceptance
Trauma and Resilience of Who-Ville
In Conclusion: Redemption in ‘War Stories’
Bibliography
About the Authors