Lecture of Opportunity | Max Brooks: World War Z

Author Max Brooks discusses his book World War Z, and the real idea it represents, at the U.S. Naval War College’s 2009 Lecture of Opportunity. Dec. 16, 2009. How well do we learn from history? (2:52) Is the U.S. the world’s policeman or the world’s landlord? (5:19) Can the U.S. afford to isolate itself from the world stage? (9:50) Adm. Donitz: War of economics. (12:58) Inadvertent Chinese attack on southern California? (15:19) The real point of WWZ: The delicate threads of our fragile society. (22:34) We need leaders who can see connections. (24:32) Excerpt from book and official website... Eyewitness reports from the first truly global war... “I found ’Patient Zero’ behind the locked door of an abandoned apartment across town. . . . His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although he’d rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood. There was also no blood on his other wou