The book wasn't anti-military, and probably wasn't anti-war. (The case for the book being anti-war is something that could be applied to just about any book covering war. War has non-trivial costs, so don't do it for trivial reasons. It's like, oh, a car costs say $5,000. If that is a lot of money to you, don't buy it if it isn't worth it. If it isn't, well, it still might be good practice to pay attention to things like opportunity cost and ROI.)
As for the movies, just about everyone I've heard whose read and liked the book and has seen the movies hates the movies, mostly because they see the things you think most people miss, and that they don't care for them.
I quote Mr. Brin "And yet all three movies were somewhat faithful to good novels." (Postman, Contact, and Starship Troopers.) Maybe he is talking about some other novel he likes besides Starship Troopers.
I'm not entirely a purist. I saw the CGI Starship Troopers back before I'd read the novel, and really enjoyed it.
The only book that comes to mind is non-fiction. LeBlanc's Constant Battles
As for the movies, just about everyone I've heard whose read and liked the book and has seen the movies hates the movies, mostly because they see the things you think most people miss, and that they don't care for them.
I quote Mr. Brin "And yet all three movies were somewhat faithful to good novels." (Postman, Contact, and Starship Troopers.) Maybe he is talking about some other novel he likes besides Starship Troopers.
I'm not entirely a purist. I saw the CGI Starship Troopers back before I'd read the novel, and really enjoyed it.
The only book that comes to mind is non-fiction. LeBlanc's Constant Battles