Striking power : how cyber, robots, and space weapons change the rules for war /

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Author / Creator:Rabkin, Jeremy A., author.
Edition:First American edition.
Imprint:New York : Encounter Books, [2017].
©2017
Description:ix, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11452066
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Other authors / contributors:Yoo, John, author.
ISBN:9781594038877
1594038872
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-278) and index.
Summary:Argues for the United States to embrace such new military technologies as drones, autonomous robots, and cyber weapons in order to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, make wars less violent, and stop terrorism.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. We Must Think Anew
  • Chapter 2. Returning to Coercion
  • Chapter 3. Except a Few Things Regarded as Barbarous and Cruel: The Law of War Before the 1970s
  • Chapter 4. How the Law of War Was Hijacked
  • Chapter 5. The Rise of the Machines
  • Chapter 6. Cyber Weapons
  • Chapter 7. Coercion in Space
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index