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Inside Technology eBook Series

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  • Arguments that Count

    Physics, Computing, and Missile Defense, 1949-2012

    by Rebecca Slayton ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    How differing assessments of risk by physicists and computer scientists have influenced public debate over nuclear defense.In a rapidly changing world, we rely upon experts to assess the promise and risks of new technology. But how do these experts make sense of a highly uncertain future? In Arguments that Count, Rebecca Slayton offers an important new perspective. Drawing on new historical ... Read more

    23,20 €

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  • Cyber War

    The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

    by Richard A. Clarke, Robert K. Knake ...
    An essential, eye-opening book about cyberterrorism, cyber war, and the next great threat to our national security." Cyber War may be the most important book about national security policy in the last several years." – SlateFormer presidential advisor and counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke sounds a timely and chilling warning about America's vulnerability in a terrifying new international ... Read more

    13,66 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Surveillance Valley

    The Secret Military History of the Internet

    by Yasha Levine ...
    The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.A visionary intelligence officer, William Godel, realized that the key to winning the war in Vietnam was not outgunning the enemy, but using new ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • The Darkening Web

    The War for Cyberspace

    by Alexander Klimburg ...
    “A prescient and important book. . . . Fascinating.”—The New York Review of BooksNo single invention of the last half century has changed the way we live now as much as the Internet. Alexander Klimburg was a member of the generation for whom it was a utopian ideal turned reality: a place where ideas, information, and knowledge could be shared and new freedoms found and enjoyed. Two decades later, ... Read more

    5,82 €

  • A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986 to 2012

    Edited by Jason Healey ...
    A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986-2012 is the first book of its kind- a comprehensive, accessible history of cyber conflict. A Fierce Domain reaches back to look at the major "wake-up calls," the major conflicts that have forced the realization that cyberspace is a harsh place where nations and others contest for superiority. The book identifies the key lessons for policymakers, and, ... Read more

    10,38 €

  • A History of the Internet and the Digital Future

    by Johnny Ryan ...
    A great adjustment in human affairs is underway. Political, commercial and cultural life is changing from the centralized, hierarchical and standardized structures of the industrial age to something radically different: the economy of the emerging digital era.A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950s to the present, and ... Read more

    20,02 €

  • Rescuing Prometheus

    Four Monumental Projects that Changed Our World

    by Thomas P. Hughes ...
    "A rare insight into industrial planning on a huge scale...Excellent." --The EconomistRescuing Prometheus is an eye-opening and marvelously informative look at some of the technological projects that helped shape the modern world. Thomas P. Hughes focuses on four postwar projects whose vastness and complexity inspired new technology, new organizations, and new management styles. The first use of ... Read more

    4,34 €

  • The Cybersecurity Dilemma

    Hacking, Trust and Fear Between Nations

    by Ben Buchanan ...
    Why do nations break into one another's most important computer networks? There is an obvious answer: to steal valuable information or to attack. But this isn't the full story. This book draws on often-overlooked documents leaked by Edward Snowden, real-world case studies of cyber operations, and policymaker perspectives to show that intruding into other countries' networks has enormous defensive ... Read more

    20,87 €

  • The Virtual Weapon and International Order

    by Lucas Kello ...
    An urgently needed examination of the current cyber revolution that draws on case studies to develop conceptual frameworks for understanding its effects on international orderThe cyber revolution is the revolution of our time. The rapid expansion of cyberspace brings both promise and peril. It promotes new modes of political interaction, but it also disrupts interstate dealings and empowers non ... Read more

    25,64 €

  • Digital Universe

    The Global Telecommunication Revolution

    by Peter B. Seel ...
    For the student and general reader, a tour of the digital universe that offers critical observations and new perspectives on human communication and intelligence.Traces the development and diffusion of digital information and communication technologies, providing an analysis of trans-cultural effects among developed and developing nationsProvides a balanced analysis of the pros and cons of the ... Read more

    35,99 €

  • Competing with the Soviets

    Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America

    by Audra J. Wolfe ...
    Series series Hopkins Introductions to the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
    A synthetic account of how science became a central weapon in the ideological Cold War.Honorable Mention for the Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in AmericaFor most of the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and its allies competed with a hostile Soviet Union in almost every way imaginable except open military ... Read more

    20,45 €

  • Nuclear Deterrence in a Multipolar World

    The U.S., Russia and Security Challenges

    by Stephen Cimbala ...
    The view that America and Russia have burned their candles on security cooperation with respect to nuclear weapons is simply mistaken. This timely study identifies twelve themes or issue areas that must be addressed by the United States and Russia if they are to provide shared, successful leadership in the management of nuclear world order. Designed as supplementary reading in upper division and ... Read more

    54,78 €