The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting a New Age of Threat

by Gabriella Blum and Benjamin Wittes

Book Overview

Two legal scholars explore the security and political implications of revolutionary new technologies from drones to 3-D printers, and explain how governments must adapt to our brave new world of dispersed threats.

From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465089747
• ISBN13: 9780465089741
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"