Research Catalog

Title

Digital soldiers : the evolution of high-tech weaponry and tomorrow's brave new battlefield / James F. Dunnigan.

Author

Dunnigan, James F.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

xxi, 309 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Digital Soldiers is destined to become the bible of weaponry for armchair generals and military professionals. Dunnigan, the State Department's and CIA's expert adviser on military affairs, analyzes the evolution of combat from the bow and arrow to the computer-driven arsenals being sold to the Pentagon on smiles and handshakes. In their tireless search for sound-bite tragedy and heroism, the media have brought military strategic planning into every home. The fielding of.
• The latest high-tech gizmos in Bosnia and the video game-like warfare that captured the public's imagination during the Gulf War have generated billions of dollars in contracts for the military-industrial complex. But will civilians and soldiers on the front lines be well served by the investments? With a comprehensive knowledge of the history of warfare, Dunnigan looks at the high-tech explosion from the points of view of the combat soldier and the taxpayer. Digital.
• Soldiers points the finger at the Pentagon paper pushers and debunks the new high-tech military philosophy by showing exactly how and why these strategic planners are dismantling the foundation of the free world's offensive and defensive military might.

Subject

• Weapons systems > Technological innovations
• Military-industrial complex
• Armed Forces and mass media

Note

• "A Thomas Dunne book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. From Rocks to Electrons -- Ch. 2. How to Sell a Killer Idea -- Ch. 3. Digital Infantry -- Ch. 4. Digital Artillery -- Ch. 5. Digital Tanks -- Ch. 6. The Digital Aviator -- Ch. 7. The Digital Sailor -- Ch. 8. Modern Battles -- Ch. 9. Gold-Plated Bombs -- Ch. 10. Missiles That Miss -- Ch. 11. Electrons at War -- Ch. 12. The Nonlethal Battlefield -- Ch. 13. Paper Bullets and Iron Contractors -- Ch. 14. Tested in the Media and in Combat -- Ch. 15. What Happens Next.

ISBN

0312145888

LCCN

^^^96018924^

OCLC

34690822

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library