Can you grok this?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Heinlein should have sued Haldeman over 'Forever War'.  I like both authors, but 'FW' was simply a dirtier version of 'Starship Troopers'.

Boru

Actually, not so much. RAH was, in part, looking at one possible political paradigm, one where citizens earned the franchise through labor that ensured the survival of the society. I found that book useful in training new petty officers when I was active duty. If they "got it" then that was a plus for them. I didn't tell them that overtly, of course, they would have passed it along. 


The Forever War was a Vietnam allegory.