War X - Human Extensions in Battlespace

Informationen zum Autor Tim Blackmore is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Klappentext War X is an explosive introduction to the discussion of modern warfare and a timely consideration of industrial warfare. It is also a deliberation on the startling world of new weapon development, and the indescribable future of war that beckons. Zusammenfassung War X is an explosive introduction to the discussion of modern warfare and a timely consideration of industrial warfare. It is also a deliberation on the startling world of new weapon development! and the indescribable future of war that beckons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Why X 1. Crawling Flesh: The Infant Comes to Battle 2. Breathing Metal: Armour Suited for War 3. Heavy Tread: On Track for Battle 4. Rotor Hearts: The Helicopter as War's Pacemaker 5. Dead Slow: Loitering in Battlespace 6. Wastage: War after War

Product details

• Authors: Tim Blackmore
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2011
• EAN: 9781442613881
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1388-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Digital Futures
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)