#6. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Winner of a Hugo Award, Heinlein’s best known and controversial novel Starship Troopers opened the door for modern war science fiction.
In the late 1950’s and caught up in the Cold War, Heinlein was determined to encourage younger generations to confront the expansion of communism with strong military defense.
Or was he critiquing the military-industrial complex and the reactionary violence and fascism of American Cold War foreign policy?
Now you see the controversy. . .
