Joe Haldeman

Movies

Robot Jox
Screenplay
50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battles in official matches, each piloted by a man inside, known as robot jockeys or jox. The contest for possession of Alaska will be fought by two of the best. The conscientious Achilles fights for the Americans. Opposing him is a Russian, Alexander.
The Forever War
Novel
A elite task force returns home after a brief interstellar military operation,but discovered that 20 years have passed and the planet they once knew is completely different.