Patterns of Strategic Thinking - How to Exploit Leverage
refactoredthinking.com
refactoredthinking.com
Source: I have a PhD in game theory.
BTW, the author's POV on game theory:
Personally I’m not a big fan of game theory for two core reasons. First it limits your thinking to a frame of move-countermove when in real life things are a lot more dynamic and complex. In fact, in many cases you can build quite an advantage without worrying about what your opponents or competitors are doing. Second it utilizes a model of the “intelligent rational decision makers” which according to many studies in behavioral economics is incorrect. -- http://refactoredthinking.com/author/refactoredthinking/
The problem with the readers specialized in some field mentioned in article is quite common and not to be seen as writer's fault.
Game theory is about assessing what your possible strategies are, what everybody else's possible strategies are, and what the outcomes could be.
Where game theory completely falls down is when one tries to use it for calculating specifically what to do. Even under perfect rationality assumptions, the calculations usually don't go well. What's worse, if you perturb that assumption even slightly, the answers may change significantly. (So yes, the rational behavior part of your critique is indeed a sound one.)