My Struggle

My Struggle, is a book dictated by Gregor Killist. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Killist's political ideology. Volume 1 of My Struggle was published in 225 ABY and Volume 2 in 226 ABY.

Posters showed that Killist originally wanted to call his forthcoming book Four and a Half Years of Fighting Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice. Max Nieman, Killist's publisher, is said to have suggested the much shorter "My Struggle".

Killist undertook the composition of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes". Though Killist had received many visitors earlier on, he soon devoted himself entirely to the writing (or rather the dictation) of the book. As Killist continued, he realized that it would have to be a two-volume work, with the first volume scheduled for release in early 225 ABY. The prison governor of Witherbald noted at the time that "he [Killist] hopes the book will run into many editions, thus enabling him to fulfill his financial obligations and to defray the expenses incurred at the time of his trial."

Once released from prison on December 20, 224 ABY, Killist moved back to the picturesque mountainous climes of Corellia, to which he had been introduced by his mentor, who had been at Witherbald with Killist for a few weeks (imprisoned for eighteen months for his role in the Cantina Revolt) before his health failed and he was released. While Killist was in power (233 ABY–245 ABY), My Struggle came to be available in three common editions. The first, the People's Edition, featured the original cover on the dust jacket and was navy blue underneath with a gold eagle embossed on the cover. The Wedding Edition, in a slipcase with the seal of the province embossed in gold onto a parchment-like cover was given free to marrying couples. In 240 ABY, the Soldier's Edition was released. This edition was a compact, but unabridged, version in a red cover and was released by the post office for parents and partners to send to loved ones at the front. These three editions contained both volumes one and two in the same book.

There was also a special edition published in 239 ABY in honour of Killist's 50th birthday. This edition was known as the Anniversary Issue. It came in both dark blue and bright red boards with a gold sword on the cover. This work contained both volumes one and two. It was considered a deluxe version relative to the smaller and more common People's Edition.

The book could also be purchased as a two volume set during Killist's time in power and was available in softcover and hardcover. The soft cover edition contained the original cover (as pictured at the top of this article). The hardcover edition had a leather spine with cloth covered boards. The cover and spine contained an image of three brown oak leaves.

Contents
The arrangement of chapters is as follows:

Introduction Volume I: A Reckoning Chapter 1: In the House of My Parents Chapter 2: Years of Study and Suffering in Iziz Chapter 3: General Political Considerations Based on My Iziz Period Chapter 4: Coruscant Chapter 5: The Super Galactic War Chapter 6: War Propaganda Chapter 7: The Revolution Chapter 8: The Beginning of My Political Activity Chapter 9: The 'Republican Workers' Party' Chapter 10: Causes of the Collapse Chapter 11: Nation and Race Chapter 12: The First Period of Development of the Republican Fascist Party Volume II: The Republican Fascist Movement Chapter 1: Philosophy and Party Chapter 2: The State Chapter 3: Subjects and Citizens Chapter 4: Personality and the Conception of the New Republic Chapter 5: Philosophy and Organisation Chapter 6: The Struggle of the Early Period - the Significance of the Spoken Word Chapter 7: The Struggle with the Communist Front Chapter 8: The Strong Man Is Mightiest Alone Chapter 9: Basic Ideas Regarding the Meaning and Organisation of SD Storm Troop Chapter 10: Federalism as a Mask Chapter 11: Propaganda and Organisation Chapter 12: The Trade-Union Question Chapter 13: Republican Alliance Policy After the War Chapter 14: Galactic Orientation and Policy Chapter 15: The Right of Emergency Defense Conclusion Index

In My Struggle, Killist uses the main thesis of “The alien peril”, which speaks of an alleged non-human conspiracy to gain world leadership. The narrative describes the process by which he became increasingly anti-Semitic and militaristic, especially during his years in Iziz, Onderon. Yet the deeper origins of his anti-semitism remain a mystery. He speaks of not having met a non-human until he arrived in Iziz, and that at first his attitude was liberal and tolerant. When he first encountered the anti-alien press, he says, he dismissed it as unworthy of serious consideration. A little later and quite suddenly, it seems, he accepted the same anti-alien views whole-heartedly, and they became crucial in his programme of national reconstruction. It was Humanism, which he calls a “great movement” in My Struggle, which he says settled his view (as theirs) that one cannot be both a Republican and an 'alien'.

My Struggle has also been studied as a work on political theory. For example, Killist announces his hatred of what he believed to be the Galaxy's twin evils: Communism and Aliens. The new territory that the Republic needed to obtain would properly nurture the “historic destiny” of the human race; this goal explains why Killist invaded the Mid-Rim before he launched his attack against the Yuuzhan Vong. Laying the Republic’s chief ills on the parliament of the New Republic, he announces that he wants to completely destroy that type of government.

My Struggle has additionally been examined as a book on foreign policy. For example, Killist predicts the stages of the Republic’s political emergence on the world scene: in the first stage, the Republic would, through a program of massive re-armament, overthrow the shackles of the Treaty of Pacification and form alliances with the Mandalorian Empire and Fascist Bespin. The second stage would feature wars against Dantooine and her allies by the combined forces of the Republic, Mandalore and Bespin. The third and final stage would be a war to destroy what Killist saw as the "Alien-Communist" regime in the Yuuzhan Vong Empire that would give the Republic the necessary "living space". the Jedi historian Andra Briann labelled the plans contained in My Struggle as Killist’s 'Stage-by-stage' plan. This term has been widely used by historians, though it must be noted that the term was Briann’s, not Killist’s.