An urgent, prescient, and expert look at how future technology will change virtually every aspect of war as we know it and how we can respond to the serious national security challenges ahead.
DR. ROBERT H. LATIFF retired from the U.S. Air Force as a major general in 2006. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Notre Dame and is the director of Intelligence Community Programs at George Mason University's School of Engineering. Latiff is a member of the Air Force Studies Board and the Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He lives in Alexandria, VA.
“[Robert H. Latiff’s] background as a weapons expert and trained
philosopher gives him unique skills to examine the subject of war,
technology, and ethics. . . . Readers interested in the future of
warfare and evolving technologies will relish this
thought-provoking account.” —Library Journal
“A cautionary and chilling consideration of how wars will be
conducted in the near future.” —Booklist (starred review)
“A thoughtful and thought-provoking book that addresses a range of
political and sociological issues beyond what the title Future War
infers. It comports with the highest tradition of ‘truth to
power.’ A compelling book.” —Honorable James R. Clapper, former
U.S. Director of National Intelligence
“In a lucid and powerful volume, Robert Latiff outlines what is
coming in the conduct of global conflict—from cyber to
bioengineering, from artificial intelligence to stealth. His
vision is clear and his message chilling: a must read for
strategists and military practitioners.” —Adm. James
Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
“Future War is a cri de coeur by an eminently qualified author
urgently calling us to our senses to recognize the leaching of
ethics and humanity from an increasingly autonomic and remote form
of warfare. A must read.” —Vint Cerf, co-inventor of the
Internet
“'Our nation has a serious problem,' Robert Latiff writes in Future
War. 'Technology is moving so fast that few can understand it.'
This is the core challenge to which the author brings his valuable
twin perspective as an Air Force general and a teacher on ethics
and values. His book is a useful guide to weighing the many
dilemmas that won’t go away anytime soon, the moral implications of
our changing weapons and changing wars." —P. W. Singer, author of
Ghost Fleet
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