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 Eyewitness reports from the first truly global 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