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Author:

Coker, Christopher.

Title:

Warrior geeks : how 21st-century technology is changing the way we fight and think about war / Christopher Coker.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xxv, 330 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Military art and science--History.--History.
Military weapons--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
United States--Technological innovations.--Weapons systems--Technological innovations.
Virtual reality--Psychological aspects.
Drone aircraft pilots--Psychology.
Soldiers--Psychology.
Military ethics.
Soldiers in literature.
War in literature.
Greece--Influence.--Influence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: from Greeks to geeks -- Hacking the future -- The human thing: how war and our humanity have co-evolved -- Cheerful robots -- Online war -- The rise of the machines -- Designer warriors -- Warrior geeks.

ISBN:

0231704089 (alk. paper)
9780231704083 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794366580

LCCN:

2012039145

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)