In this podcast, US Army Col. Jon Klug and retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan discuss Ryan’s most recent book, White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan, and its potential implications for future warfare. In the summer of 1986, Tom Clancy’s novel Red Storm Rising debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list as it brought to life World War III, although a nonnuclear version. Similarly, Retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan’s new novel White Sun War offers a realistic and gripping “historical” account of a war for Taiwan set in 2028. Where Clancy had the Warsaw Pact and NATO, Ryan pits communist China against a coalition of Taiwan, the United States, Australia, Japan, and others. A longtime strategic commentator with 35 years of real-world experience, Ryan’s vision of a war in the near future is firmly grounded. He deftly uses fiction to explore the potential challenges of warfare and leadership in 2028.

The book, On White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan, is available here: https://www.casematepublishers.com/9781636242507/white-sun-war/

Read the transcript: https://media.defense.gov/2023/Oct/18/2003322446/-1/-1/0/CoS-Transcript-Ep24-Klug-Ryan-White-Sun-War-Campaign-for-Taiwan.PDF

Keywords: China, Taiwan, NATO, Australia, Japan, Warsaw Pact