LibGuides: Future Warfare: Books & Audio

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All Measures Short of War by Thomas J. Wright
Call Number: Print Copy & Audio & ebook
ISBN: 9780300223286
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
eBook eAudioBook A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response
America and the Future of War by Williamson Murray
Call Number: Print & eBook
ISBN: 9780817920081
Publication Date: 2017
eBook Throughout the world today there are obvious trouble spots that have the potential to explode into serious conflicts at any time in the immediate or distant future. This study examines what history suggests about the future possibilities and characteristics of war and the place that thinking about conflict deserves in the formation of American strategy in coming decades. The author offers a historical perspective to show that armed conflict between organized political groups has been mankind's constant companion and that America must remain prepared to use its military power to deal with an unstable, uncertain, and fractious world.
Another Bloody Century by Colin S. Gray
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780304367344
Publication Date: 2006-10-05
How the wars of the near future will be fought and who will win them many nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War; it continued to change during the late 20th century and this process is still accelerating.
The Assault on Intelligence by Michael V. Hayden
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780525558583
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach all of the United States, Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy, and the role of China in the global community remains unclear.
Can Science End War? by Everett Carl Dolman
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780745685953
Publication Date: 2015-11-23
Print Copy
Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battle space looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. High-power microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs. Is this vision of future war possible, or even inevitable? In this timely new book, Everett Carl Dolman examines the relationship between science and war.
Cassandra in Oz by Conrad C. Crane
Call Number: Print Copy & eBook
ISBN: 9781682470077
Publication Date: 2016-09-15
Print Copy & eBook
When Conrad Crane retired from active duty to become a research professor, he never expected to become a modern Cassandra, fated to tell truth to power without being heeded. After the world transformed on 9/11, he warned the Army that it was not prepared to execute stability operations, counterinsurgency, and the eventual reconstruction of Iraq.
Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (Editor)
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781579060169
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Print Copy & eBook
An introduction to the works of authoritative and innovative Chinese authors whose writings focus on the future of the Chinese military. These carefully selected, representative essays make Chinese military thinking more accessible to western readers. It reveals, for example, China's keen interest in the revolution in military affairs. This volume is an important starting point for understandin China's future military modernization
Destined for War by Graham Allison
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9780544935334
Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Print & eBook China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides's Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times; war broke out in twelve. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries "great again," the seventeenth case looks grim.
Fogs of War and Peace by Robert L. Dilworth; Schlomo Maital
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780313360497
Publication Date: 2008-09-30
"Building on the concept of the Fog of War borrowed from Prussian general and master strategist Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Dilworth and Maital maintain that fogs-of war and of peace-have been created to hide the truth about current conflicts. These fogs obstruct a clear view of reality, preventing the public from accurately seeing "World War III" unfold and from taking action to prevent the conflict." "Fogs of war and of peace, the authors write, "tend to shape events in ways that go well beyond the actual realities.
Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths by Antulio Joseph Echevarria; Army War College (U.S.), Strategic Studies Institute Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781584872252
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Print & eBook In an era of broad and perhaps profound change, new theories and concepts are to be welcomed rather than shunned. However, before they are fully embraced, they need to be tested rigorously, for the cost of implementing a false theory and developing operational and strategic concepts around it can be greater than remaining wedded to an older, but sounder one.
Future Armies, Future Challenges by Michael Evans (Editor); Alan Ryan; Russell Parkin (Editor); Peter Cosgrove (Foreword by)
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781865086262
Publication Date: 2004-12-01
Print Copy
Contributions from some of the world's leading strategic thinkers on land warfare are collected in the work. The operational, strategic, and ethical conundrums that soldiers, their commanders, and the societies they serve will have to wrestle with in the future are analyzed by the experts, paying close attention to the impact of the information age. Topics such as urban warfare, coalition operations, the revolution in military affairs, asymmetric warfare, close combat, peacekeeping, military training and recruiting, and the challenges posed by terrorism are addressed.
The Future of Strategy by Colin S. Gray
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9780745687933
Publication Date: 2015-10-05
Print & eBook Gray ably shows how great military thinkers of the past and present have acted strategically in their various ideological, political, geographical and cultural contexts. Looking to the future, he argues that strategy will continue to provide a vital tool-kit for survival and security, but that the global threat posed by nuclear weapons remains an on-going challenge without obvious practical solutions.
The Future of the Army Profession by Don M. Snider; Lloyd J. Matthews
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780073536095
Publication Date: 2005-04-22
Four years ago recognized scholars of the military, both in uniform and in civilian institutions, believed that during the drawdown of the 1990s the Army had become much too bureaucratic, losing much of its essential and historic character as a vocational profession.
The Future of Land Warfare by Michael E. O'Hanlon
Call Number: Print & eBook
ISBN: 9780815726913
Publication Date: 2015
Print & eBook & RBDigital eBook
What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense? In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars.
The Future of War by George Friedman; Meredith Friedman
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780312181000
Publication Date: 1998-02-15
The Future of War makes a brilliant case that the twenty-first century, even more than the twentieth, will be the American century, and that America's global dominance will be associated with a revolution in weaponry and warfare as basic as the one that arose with the development of gunpowder five hundred years ago. From the era of flintlocks and cannons to the day of automatic weapons and heavy artillery, the waging of war-while undeniably changing in many aspects-has continued to rely on the technology that began with the use of black powder to expel a projectile through a tube.
The Future of War: A History by Lawrence Freedman
Call Number: Print & AudioCD & eBook & eAudiobook
ISBN: 9781610393058
Publication Date: 2017
eBook & eAudiobook
An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence. Questions about the future of war are a regular feature of political debate, strategic analysis, and popular fiction. Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What are the best forms of defense? How might peace be preserved or conflict resolved?
Futures of War by Sam J. Tangredi
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781436310246
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
No defense planning can be effective without a rigorous assessment of the future security environment. Futures of War is designed to give readers a comprehensive view of the future international security environment and policymakers a firm foundation for future defense planning.
Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare by Hy S. Rothstein; Seymour Hersh (Foreword by)
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781591147459
Publication Date: 2006-04-15
Print Copy
A Naval Postgraduate School professor and former career Special Forces officer looks at why the U.S. military cannot conduct unconventional warfare despite a significant effort to create and maintain such a capability.
Future Warfare: Anthology by Robert H. Scales
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781584870005
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Print & eBook Throughout U.S. history the American military services have had an unfortunate penchant for not being ready for the next war. Part of the problem has had to do with factors beyond their control: the American policy has been notoriously slow to respond to the challenges posed by dangerous enemies. On the other hand, American military institutions have been surprisingly optimistic in weighing their preparedness as they embarked on the nation's wars.
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer; August Cole
Call Number: Print & Audio & eBook & eAudio
ISBN: 9780544705050
Publication Date: 2016
Print & Audio & eBook & eAudio
"A novel that reads like science fiction but bristles with rich detail about how the next World War could be fought." --Vice "A modern-day successor to tomes such asThe Hunt for Red October from the late Tom Clancy."-USA Today What Will World War III Look Like? Ghost Fleet is a page-turning imagining of a war set in the not-too-distant future. Navy captains battle through a modern-day Pearl Harb∨ fighter pilots duel with stealthy drones; teenage hackers fight in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on who can best blend the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future.
The Hacked World Order by Adam Segal
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781610394154
Publication Date: 2016-02-23
For more than three hundred years, the world wrestled with conflicts that arose between nation-states. Nation-states wielded military force, financial pressure, and diplomatic persuasion to create "world order." Even after the end of the Cold War, the elements comprising world order remained essentially unchanged. But 2012 marked a transformation in geopolitics and the tactics of both the established powers and smaller entities looking to challenge the international community. That year, the US government revealed its involvement in Operation "Olympic Games," a mission aimed at disrupting the Iranian nuclear program through cyberattacks; Russia and China conducted massive cyber-espionage operations; and the world split over the governance of the Internet.
Hacking the Bomb by Andrew Futter; Des Browne (Foreword by)
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781626165656
Publication Date: 2018-04-02
Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter's ground-breaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons. Hacking the Bomb provides the first ever comprehensive assessment of this worrying and little-understood strategic development, and it explains how myriad new cyber challenges will impact the way that the world thinks about and manages the ultimate weapon.
Imagining Future War by Antulio J. Echevarria
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780275987251
Publication Date: 2007-04-30
Rapid and momentous technological changes at the turn of the 20th century forced military professionals and educated civilians to envision the future of war and warfare, especially during an age where nations found themselves aggressively competing for dominance on the world stage. Antulio J. Echevarria II offers a comparative study of these predictions to assess who got it right and why. He concludes that professionals were particularly adept at predicting the warfare of the immediate future by framing their discussions in terms of solving tactical problems, but they were much less successful at thinking of the long-term.
Monsoon by Robert D. Kaplan; John Pruden (Narrated by)
Call Number: Audiobook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781452656182
Publication Date: 2012-01-23
Audiobook & Print Copy On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known as "Monsoon Asia"—which include India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania—bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan shows how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power.
Nanoweapons by Louis A. Del Monte
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781612348964
Publication Date: 2017-04-01
Nanoweapons just might render humanity extinct in the near future--a notion that is frightening and shocking but potentially true. In Nanoweapons Louis A. Del Monte describes the most deadly generation of military weapons the world has ever encountered. With dimensions one-thousandth the diameter of a single strand of human hair, this technology threatens to eradicate humanity as it incites world governments to compete in the deadliest arms race ever.
Outsourcing War to Machines the military robotics revolution by Paul J. Springer
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781440830853
Publication Date: 2018-02-16
Military robots are already being used in conflicts around the globe and are affecting both the decision to go to war and the means by which wars are conducted. This book covers the history of military robotics, analyzes their current employment, and examines the ramifications of their future utilization.
Scales on War by Bob Scales
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781682471036
Publication Date: 2016-09-15
eBook Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales’ unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future.
Striking Power: how cyber, robots and space weapons change the rules for war by Jeremy Rabkin; John Yoo
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9781594038877
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Threats to international peace and security include the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions, rogue nations, and international terrorism. The United States must respond to these challenges to its national security and to world stability by embracing new military technologies such as drones, autonomous robots, and cyber weapons. These new weapons can send a strong message without cause death or severe personal injury, and as a result can make war less, rather than more, destructive.
Superpower by Ian Bremmer
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780143109709
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Bestselling author and strategist Ian Bremmer argues that Washington's directionless foreign policy has become expensive and dangerous. Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has stumbled from crisis to crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine with no clear strategy. Bremmer urges us to think more deeply about what sort of role America should play and how it should use its superpower status.
Swarming and the Future of Conflict by John Arquilla; David Ronfeldt
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780833028853
Publication Date: 2000-12-19
Print Copy
Swarming is a seemingly amorphous, but deliberately structured, co-ordinated and strategic way to perform military strikes from all directions. This study examines the benefits - and also the costs and risks - of engaging in a doctrinal change in the military to this method.
Unfolding the Future of the Long War by Christopher G. Pernin; Brian Nichiporuk; Justin Beck; Ricky Radaelli-Sanchez; Dale Stahl
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780833046314
Publication Date: 2009-01-16
The United States is currently engaged in a military effort that has been characterized as the "long war." This study explores the concept of long war and identifies ways in which it might unfold as well as the implications for the Army and the U.S. military more generally. This report uses the generation of either "trajectories" or alternative paths in which the long war might unfold to explore the implications for the U.S. military.
Zones of Conflict by John Keegan; Andrew Wheatcroft
Call Number: Print Copy
ISBN: 9780671601157
Publication Date: 1986-04-01
Examines the political, economic, and military factors which may cause outbreaks of war in areas around the world

All Measures Short of War by Thomas J. Wright
Call Number: Print Copy & Audio & ebook
ISBN: 9780300223286
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
eBook eAudioBook A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War by P. W. Singer; August Cole
Call Number: Print & Audio & eBook & eAudio
ISBN: 9780544705050
Publication Date: 2016
Print & Audio & eBook & eAudio
"A novel that reads like science fiction but bristles with rich detail about how the next World War could be fought." --Vice "A modern-day successor to tomes such asThe Hunt for Red October from the late Tom Clancy."-USA Today What Will World War III Look Like? Ghost Fleet is a page-turning imagining of a war set in the not-too-distant future. Navy captains battle through a modern-day Pearl Harb∨ fighter pilots duel with stealthy drones; teenage hackers fight in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on who can best blend the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future.
The Future of Foreign Intelligence by Jonathan Landaw; Dina Pearlman (Read by)
Call Number: Audiobook
ISBN: 9781536609981
Publication Date: 2016-10-18
Since the Revolutionary War, America's military and political leaders have recognized that US national security depends upon the collection of intelligence. Absent information about foreign threats, the thinking went, the country and its citizens stood in great peril. The intelligence community now collects massive amounts of data, and then looks for potential threats to the United States.
The Future of War: A History by Lawrence Freedman
Call Number: Print & AudioCD & eBook & eAudiobook
ISBN: 9781610393058
Publication Date: 2017
eBook & eAudiobook
An award-winning military historian, professor, and political adviser delivers the definitive story of warfare in all its guises and applications, showing what has driven and continues to drive this uniquely human form of political violence. Questions about the future of war are a regular feature of political debate, strategic analysis, and popular fiction. Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What are the best forms of defense? How might peace be preserved or conflict resolved?

--2030 : how today's biggest trends will collide and reshape the future of everything – RBDigital eAudio & eBook

--The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves In the Age of Cyber Threats (2019) - Richard A. Clarke & Robert K. Knake – RBDigital eBook & eAudiobook & Print Copy

--The Kill Chain: How Emerging Technologies Threaten America's Military Dominance (2020) - Christian Brose – RBDigital eBook & eAudiobook & Print Copy

--The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War And Peace eAudiobook

--The Future Leader: 9 Skills And Mindsets To Succeed In The Next Decade eAudiobook & Print Copy

--2084: Audio Lectures on Artificial Intelligence And The Future Of Humanity eAudiobook

--The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology eAudiobook & eBook

--The New Rules of War: Victory In The Age Of Durable Disorder eAudiobook & eBook & Print Copy

--Frictionless: Why The Future Of Everything Will Be Fast, Fluid, And Made Just For You eAudiobook & eBook

--Army of None: Autonomous Weapons And The Future Of War eAudiobook & Print Copy

--Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology. Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, and Committee on Strategies for Identifying and Addressing Potential Biodefense Vulnerabilities Posed by Synthetic Biology. Ebook Central

--Life 3.0: Being Human In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence eBook & eAudiobook

--The Molecule of More: How A Single Chemical In Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, And Creativity--And Will Determine The Fate Of The Human Race eBook

--Burn-In: A novel of the real robotic revolution (Fiction – P.S. Singer & August Cole) eBook & eAudiobook

All Measures Short of War by Thomas J. Wright
Call Number: Print Copy & Audio & ebook
ISBN: 9780300223286
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
eBook eAudioBook A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response
America and the Future of War by Williamson Murray
Call Number: Print & eBook
ISBN: 9780817920081
Publication Date: 2017
eBook Throughout the world today there are obvious trouble spots that have the potential to explode into serious conflicts at any time in the immediate or distant future. This study examines what history suggests about the future possibilities and characteristics of war and the place that thinking about conflict deserves in the formation of American strategy in coming decades. The author offers a historical perspective to show that armed conflict between organized political groups has been mankind's constant companion and that America must remain prepared to use its military power to deal with an unstable, uncertain, and fractious world.
Cassandra in Oz by Conrad C. Crane
Call Number: Print Copy & eBook
ISBN: 9781682470077
Publication Date: 2016-09-15
Print Copy & eBook
When Conrad Crane retired from active duty to become a research professor, he never expected to become a modern Cassandra, fated to tell truth to power without being heeded. After the world transformed on 9/11, he warned the Army that it was not prepared to execute stability operations, counterinsurgency, and the eventual reconstruction of Iraq.
Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (Editor)
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781579060169
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Print Copy & eBook
An introduction to the works of authoritative and innovative Chinese authors whose writings focus on the future of the Chinese military. These carefully selected, representative essays make Chinese military thinking more accessible to western readers. It reveals, for example, China's keen interest in the revolution in military affairs. This volume is an important starting point for understandin China's future military modernization
Destined for War by Graham Allison
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9780544935334
Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Print & eBook China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides's Trap: when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, violence is the likeliest result. Over the past five hundred years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times; war broke out in twelve. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries "great again," the seventeenth case looks grim.
Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths by Antulio Joseph Echevarria; Army War College (U.S.), Strategic Studies Institute Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781584872252
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Print & eBook In an era of broad and perhaps profound change, new theories and concepts are to be welcomed rather than shunned. However, before they are fully embraced, they need to be tested rigorously, for the cost of implementing a false theory and developing operational and strategic concepts around it can be greater than remaining wedded to an older, but sounder one.
The Future of Strategy by Colin S. Gray
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9780745687933
Publication Date: 2015-10-05
Print & eBook Gray ably shows how great military thinkers of the past and present have acted strategically in their various ideological, political, geographical and cultural contexts. Looking to the future, he argues that strategy will continue to provide a vital tool-kit for survival and security, but that the global threat posed by nuclear weapons remains an on-going challenge without obvious practical solutions.
Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield by Robert H. Latiff
Call Number: Print & eBook & eAudiobook
ISBN: 9780525523185
Publication Date: 2017
eBook & eAudioBook In Future War, Latiff maps out the changing ways of war and the weapons technologies we will use to fight them, seeking to describe the ramifications of those changes and what it will mean in the future to be a soldier. He also recognizes that the fortunes of a nation are inextricably linked with its national defense, and how its citizens understand the importance of when, how, and according to what rules we fight.
Future War by Coker
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781509502356
Publication Date: 2015
eBook Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Will war be fought with greater or lesser humanity? Will it be played out in cyberspace and further afield in Low Earth Orbit?
Future Warfare: Anthology by Robert H. Scales
Call Number: eBook & Print Copy
ISBN: 9781584870005
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Print & eBook Throughout U.S. history the American military services have had an unfortunate penchant for not being ready for the next war. Part of the problem has had to do with factors beyond their control: the American policy has been notoriously slow to respond to the challenges posed by dangerous enemies. On the other hand, American military institutions have been surprisingly optimistic in weighing their preparedness as they embarked on the nation's wars.
Scales on War by Bob Scales
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781682471036
Publication Date: 2016-09-15
eBook Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts and observations about contemporary war taken from over 30 years of research, writing and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales. The book melds Scales’ unique style of writing that includes contemporary military history, current events and his philosophy of ground warfare to create a very personal and expansive view of where Americn defense policies are heading in the future.
The Strategic Corporal Revisited by Deane-Peter Baker (Editor); David W. Lovell (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781775822202
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
eBook As we enter an era of multidimensional warfare, and technological innovations continue to accelerate the pace of war, the importance of decisions made by junior military leaders -- some of them with strategic impact -- continues to grow exponentially. US Marine Corps General Charles C. Krulak coined the term 'The Strategic Corporal' nearly two decades ago, and it is more relevant today than ever. This book is the first scholarly analysis of the challenges facing Strategic Corporals -- and those who seek to prepare and equip them -- in the 21st century.
The Future of Land Warfare by Michael E. O'Hanlon
Call Number: Print & eBook
ISBN: 9780815726913
Publication Date: 2015
Print & eBook & RBDigital eBook
What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense? In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. But it is not so easy to simply declare an end to messy land wars.
The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century by Christopher Coker
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 1405120428
Publication Date: 2004
eBook
Christopher Coker's book investigates whether citizens are 'disenchanted' with state-generated warfare. Coker
predicates his argument on two assumptions: future warriors will remain human, and some human beings are born to
be natural fighters. Coker argues that as long as other humans honor their fallen, people will always be willing to
assume the role of the warrior. Coker credits modern technology as well as the media for abating the enchantment
over killing.

All Measures Short of War by Thomas J. Wright
Call Number: Print Copy & Audio & ebook
ISBN: 9780300223286
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
eBook eAudioBook A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response
Connectography by Parag Khanna; Paul Boehmer (Narrated by)
Call Number: eAudiobook
ISBN: 9781515990802
Publication Date: 2016-08-23
eAudioBook Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to ten trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure linking the world's burgeoning megacities together.
Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield by Robert H. Latiff
Call Number: Print & eBook & eAudiobook
ISBN: 9780525523185
Publication Date: 2017
eBook & eAudioBook In Future War, Latiff maps out the changing ways of war and the weapons technologies we will use to fight them, seeking to describe the ramifications of those changes and what it will mean in the future to be a soldier. He also recognizes that the fortunes of a nation are inextricably linked with its national defense, and how its citizens understand the importance of when, how, and according to what rules we fight.