Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century ebook download P. W. Singer

Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century

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. Singer's previous two books foretold the rise of private military contractors and the advent of child soldiers- predictions that proved all too accurate. Now, he explores the greatest revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb-the 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 smart-and how lethal-to 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 "warrior ethos," which has long defined soldiers' 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 America's military preeminence. While his analysis is unnerving, there's 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 "skunk works" in America's suburbia, where tomorrow's technologies of war are quietly being designed. In Singer's hands, the future of war is as fascinating as it is frightening.

Share your thoughts on the Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century ebook with other internet viewers!

Title of ebook: Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9781440685972
parent-ISBN: 9781594201981
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 01-2009
Released online for download: 01-22-2009
Author of eBook: Singer, P. W.

Format

Encrypted

Sku

ISBN

File size

Security

Printing

Copying

Read aloud

Devices

ePub

Yes

1440685975

9781440685972

610 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Digital Editions

Yes

1440685940

9781440685941

5663 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Mobipocket

Yes

9781440685965

995 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirements

Download reader

Microsoft

Yes

1440685924

9781440685927

556 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Top eBooks in "Military Science"

Concepts, Models, and Tools for Information Fusion

by Bosse, Eloi

In the heat of battle, a split second can be all the time a military commander has to give orders. Information fusion technology enables commanders to lead decisively and ...more

Best price: $122.68

Art of War

by Tzu, Sun

Sun Tzu's classic treatise on the art of warfare...more

Best price: $9.67

A History of Army Aviation

by Williams, . James Dr. W.

.spellbinding history., the how, what, when, where and why.some never told and certainly not always understood. This is a story that has begged to be told, .with sources and ...more

Best price: $5.42

Chemical Weapons Convention Chemicals Analysis: Sample Collection, Prepa

Describes the procedures for collection of samples, sample preparation, and analysis of CWC-related chemicals. It deals with analytical procedures that can be followed in well...more

Best price: $326.22

American Patriots

by Buckley, Gail Lumet

Be prepared. This book weighs in at 2.4MB in size. You'll need to make sure that you've got plenty of room on your PDA before you try to sync up this one. This ...more

Best price: $12.65

Arming the Two Koreas

by Hamm, Taik-Young

This brilliantly argued book taps into a great deal of news interest in North Korea at the moment in the wake of recent hostility against Japan...more

Best price: $100.00

A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Option

by Kelly, Terrence K. / Jones, Seth G. / Barnett, James E. II

China's Tianjin Binhai New Area and the Tianjin economic-Technological Development Area commissioned a technology-foresight study to help plan for economic growth. The authors...more

Best price: $9.95

Budgeting, Financial Management, and Acquisition Reform in the U.S. Depa

by Jones, L. R. / McCaffery, Jerry L.

In this book we have introduced the basics of the federal budget process, provided an historical background on the foundation and development of the budget process, indicated ...more

Best price: $56.18

Counterdeception Principles and Applications for National Security

by Bennett, Michael

Today, more than ever, the use of denial and deception (D&D) is being used to compensate for an opponent's military superiority, to obtain or develop weapons of mass ...more

Best price: $119.00

Other Technology eBooks Categories

Technology General (3002)

Industrial Design (36)

Aeronautics & Astronautics (41)

Agriculture (450)

Construction (138)

Electronics (456)

Engineering (1644)

Environmental Engineering & Technology (73)

Food Science (92)

Imaging Systems (32)