TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gray,Chris Hables
TI  - Peace, war, and computers
SN  - 0415928850
AV  - U21.2 .G669 2005
U1  - 303.66 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - War
KW  - Information warfare
KW  - World politics
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Peace
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- pt. I: The situation. The new normal isn't -- Real war and postmodern illusions -- Globalization : Who will rule the world? -- The politics of technologies, the technologies of politics -- pt. II: Responses. The future present of peace and resistance to war -- Art as politics by other means -- The possibilities of citizenship -- Reasons for hope -- --; 1; The new normal isn't --; 2; Real war and postmodern illusions --; 3; Globalization : who will rule the world? --; 4; The politics of technologies/the technologies of politics --; 5; The future present of peace and resistance to war --; 6; Art as politics by other means --; 7; The possibilities of citizenship --; 8; Reasons for hope
N2  - "Computers are at the heart of war today: the U.S. Navy relies on Palm Pilots as much as fighter pilots. American cybersaboteurs unleashed computer viruses against Slobodon Milosevic in Yugoslavia. Even Marxist guerrillas in Colombia reported that the computers they used to track kidnappings were Y2K compliant. A visionary and disarming overview of cyberwar in the 21st century, Peace, War, and Computers looks beyond the gadgets of techno-warfare and the early predictions of a purely "cyberspace" war to reveal how electronic culture has changed the way we wage war and peace. Drawing on informatics and chaos theory, Chris Hables Gray shows that, despite our Star-Wars fantasies, postmodern war is a complex system that cannot be controlled or predicted from outside. Unmanned aircraft--soon to be followed by remote-control naval fleets--may appear to make warfare more sterile, less bloody. But as the fighting in Somalia showed, the highest technology can't win the simplest conflict.Even the; best missile defense system envisioned by the military would have been useless against box--cutters on September 11. Essential reading for anyone interested in computers, politics, and the cutting edge of military strategy and theory, Peace, War, and Computers unlocks the power and pitfalls of computers for war-and peace in a world where total war is unthinkable."--Publisher description
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