{"product_id":"postmodern-war-paperback-softback","title":"Postmodern War - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePostmodern War poses an urgent challenge to the ways we conceptualize and actually wage war in our high technology age. Computerization and artificial intelligence have brought about a revolution in warfare spawning both increasingly powerful weapons and a rhetoric which disguises their apocalyptic potential in catch phrases like smart weapons and bloodless combat.  Postmodern War examines:  * contemporary practices of war, defining and critiquing trendy military doctrines hidden behind phrases like Infowar and Cyberwar  * the roles of those who manipulate high technology, those who are manipulated by it, and those who are increasingly merging with it  * the role of peace activists and socially responsible scientists in countering dangerous assumptions made by a postmodern military.  Far from opposing technological change, however, Gray finds new hopes for peace in the twenty-first century. Provocative and far-reaching in its scope, the book argues that postmodern war has left us poised between the most dreadful and most utopian of alternatives: we may eradicate either the human race or war itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547952472302,"sku":"9780415166928","price":63.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415166928_e0a3b836-b04f-4177-9362-3d0244980cea.jpg?v=1720257335","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/postmodern-war-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}