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by P. W. Singer

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A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself
P. W. Singeras previous two books foretold the rise of private military contractors and the advent of child soldiersa predictions that proved all too accurate. Now, he explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bombathe ... more

     

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      Used Like New(1 Copy): Fine Penguin Press HC, The 2009 SOFTCOVER. Prerelease version. Review"P. W. Singer has fashioned a definitive text on the future of war around the subject of robots. In no previous have I gotten such an intrinsic sense of what the military future will be like. "-Robert D. Kaplan, author of Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground "Singer's is as important (very) as it is readable (highly), as much a fascinating account of new technology as it is a challenging appraisal of the strategic, political and ethical questions that we must now face. This needs to be widely read--not just within the defense community but by anyone interested in the most fundamental questions of how our society and others will look at war itself. "-Anthony Lake, former U.S. National Security Advisor and Professor of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University "Drawing from sources spanning popular culture and hard science, Singer reveals how the relation between man and robot is changing the very nature of war. He details technology that has, until now, been the stuff of science fiction: lethal machines that can walk on water or hover outside windows, machines joined in networks or thinking for themselves. I found this fascinating, deep, entertaining, and frightening. "-Howard Gordon, writer and executive producer of 24, The X-Files, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Lively, penetrating, and wise...A warmly human (even humorous) account of robotics and other military technologies that focuses where it should: on us. "-Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy and Director, National Semiconductor Corporation "Will wars someday be fought by Terminator-like machines In this provocative and entertaining new book, one of our brightest young strategic thinkers suggests the answer may well be "yes. " Singer's sprightly survey of robotics technology takes the reader from battlefields and cutting-edge research labs to the dreams of science fiction writers. In the process, he...
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      A military expert reveals how science fiction is fast becoming reality on the battlefield, changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself
      P. W. Singeras previous two books foretold the rise of private military contractors and the advent of child soldiersa predictions that proved all too accurate. Now, he explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bombathe advent of robotic warfare.
      We are just beginning to see a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make the stuff of "I, Robot" and the "Terminator" all too real. More than seven- thousand robotic systems are now in Iraq. Pilots in Nevada are remotely killing terrorists in Afghanistan. Scientists are debating just how smartaand how lethalato make their current robotic prototypes. And many of the most renowned science fiction authors are secretly consulting for the Pentagon on the next generation.
      Blending historic evidence with interviews from the field, Singer vividly shows that as these technologies multiply, they will have profound effects on the front lines as well as on the politics back home. Moving humans off the battlefield makes wars easier to start, but more complex to fight. Replacing men with machines may save some lives, but will lower the morale and psychological barriers to killing. The awarrior ethos, a which has long defined soldiersa identity, will erode, as will the laws of war that have governed military conflict for generations.
      Paradoxically, these new technologies will also bring war to our doorstep. As other nations and even terrorist organizations start to build or buy their own robotic weapons, the robot revolution could undermine Americaas military preeminence. While his analysis is unnerving, thereas an irresistible gee-whiz quality to the innovations Singer uncovers. "Wired for War" travels from Iraq to see these robots in combat to the latter-day askunk worksa in Americaas suburbia, where tomorrowas technologies of war are quietly being designed. In Singeras hands, the future of war is as fascinating as it is frightening.

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      • Media: Hardcover Book, 499 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Penguin Press (Feb. 28th, 2009)
      • ISBN-10: 1594201986
      • ISBN-13: 9781594201981
      • Dimensions: 6.60 x 9.40 x 1.50 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 1.86 lbs
      • Categories: Military Science

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