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{{quote|''"Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and thoroughly immoral -- doctrine that 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of [[Godwin's Law|Hitler]] could referee..."''|'''Lt. Col. Jean V. DuBois, M.I. (ret.)'''}}
'''''Starship Troopers''''' is a [[Military Science Fiction]] novel written by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] as an argument against a unilateral U.S. ban on nuclear testing, and published in 1959. It waxes [[Anvilicious]] on the merits of soldiers being willing to give their lives for their country and the proper merits of a soldier, an officer, and an army and nation as a whole. Having no combat experience himself Heinlein, an ex-naval officer, interviewed infantry soldiers and officers to get the "flavor" of ground combat for his book. The story traces the evolution of Juan "Johnnie" Rico from feckless civilian into an [[Officer and a Gentleman]] during the [[Bug War]] as a [[Framing Device]] and example. Much of the military action in the novel parallels the Pacific campaign of [[World War II]] ending at Guadalcanal.
''Starship Troopers'' is significant, and controversial, for its description of the Terran Federation's political system. It is a limited democracy, in which only "veterans" of Federal Service are eligible to vote, run for office, hold certain jobs, or even teach some subjects at school. Federal Service must legally accept ''every'' volunteer, provided they are legally adult and mentally capable of understanding the oath they are required to take.
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