Peter Warren Singer is Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st
Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is the
youngest scholar named Senior Fellow in Brookings's 90-year
history. In 2005, CNN named him to their 'New Guard' List of the
Next Generation of Newsmakers. In his personal capacity, Singer
served as coordinator of the Obama-08 campaign's defense policy
task force.
Dr. Singer is considered one of the world's leading experts on
changes in 21st century warfare. He has written for the full range
of major media and journals, including the Boston Globe, L.A.
Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Current
History, Survival, International Security, Parameters, Weltpolitik,
and the World Policy Journal. He has been quoted in major U.S.
newspaper and news magazine and delivered talks at venues ranging
from the U.S. Congress to over 40 universities around the world. He
has provided commentary on military affairs for major TV and radio
outlets, including ABC-Nightline, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS-60 Minutes,
CNN, FOX, NPR, and the NBC Today Show. He is also a founder and
organizer of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, a global conference that
brings together leaders from across the US and the Muslim world
(www.us-islamicworldforum.org).
His first book Corporate Warriors- The Rise of the Privatized Milit
?PW Singer. . .has written what is likely to be the definitive work
on this subject for some time to come. He has a record of drawing
out the underlying trends in modern warfare, with previous books on
child soldiers and the increasing use of mercenaries. "Wired for
War" will confirm his reputation: it is riveting and comprehensive,
encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics, from
the historical to the ethical.?
?" Financial Times"
?[A] riveting, important book . . . Singer, at age 29 the youngest
scholar named a senior fellow to the Brookings Institute, put four
years into writing "Wired for War." It is the only book in my
reading experience that quotes Immanuel Kant and Biggie Smalls with
equal enthusiasm. The resulting book is an intoxicating,
encyclopedic trip - made intensely readable by all the colorful
characters Singer salts along this story. . . . I will be shelving
my copy next to two other books that remade my world view: Tracy
Kidder's "The Sould
aP. W. Singer has fashioned a definitive text on the future of war
around the subject of robots. In no previous book have I gotten
such an intrinsic sense of what the military future will be
like.a
a Robert D. Kaplan, author of "Imperial Grunts: The American
Military on the Ground"
aSinger's book is as important (very) as it is readable (highly),
as much a fascinating account of new technology as it is a
challenging appraisal of the strategic, political and ethical
questions that we must now face. This book needs to be widely read
-- not just within the defense community but by anyone interested
in the most fundamental questions of how our society and others
will look at war itself.a
aAnthony Lake, former U.S. National Security Advisor and Professor
of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
aDrawing from sources spanning popular culture and hard science,
Singer reveals how the relationship between man and robot is
changing the very nature of war. He details technology that has,
until now, been the stuff of science fiction: lethal machines that
can walk on water or hover outside windows, machines joined in
networks or thinking for themselves. I found this book fascinating,
deep, entertaining, and frightening.a
a Howard Gordon, writer and executive producer of "24, The
X-Files," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
"Lively, penetrating, and wise ... A warmly human (even humorous)
account of robotics and other military technologies that focuses
where it should: on us."
aRichard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy and Director,
National Semiconductor Corporation
aWill wars someday be fought by Terminator-like machines? In this
provocative andentertaining new book, one of our brightest young
strategic thinkers suggests the answer may well be ayes.a Singeras
sprightly survey of robotics technology takes the reader from
battlefields and cutting-edge research labs to the dreams of
science fiction writers. In the process, he forces us to grapple
with the strategic and ethical implications of the anew new thinga
in war.a
aMax Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the
Council on Foreign Relations; author of "The Savage Wars of Peace"
and "War Made New"
aWeaving together immaculate academic research with a fan boyas
lexicon of popular culture, Singer looks at the people and
technologies beta-testing tomorrow's wars today. The result is a
book both hilarious and hair-raising that poses profound ethical
questions about the creation and use of ever more powerful killing
machines.a
aGideon Yago, writer, "MTV News"
aBlew my f***ing minda]This book is awesome.a
aJohn Stewart, "The Daily Show
"A superb booka]If you read Wired for War you'll actually get a
sense for the complexities that we are creating. We're not making a
simpler world with these robots I don't think at all, I think we're
making a more complex world, and that is something I got from this
great book.
aGeneral James Mattis, USMC, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for
Transformation and the Commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command
"In his latest work, "Wired for War," Singer confesses his passion
for science fiction as he introduces us to a glimpse of things to
comeathe new technologies that will shape wars of the future. His
new book addresses some ominous and little-discussed questions
about the military, technology, andmachinery."
a "Harperas"
.,."A vivid picture of the current controversies and dazzling
possibilities of war in the digital age."
a"Kirkus Reviews"
aGenuinely Provocativea
a "Book Forum"
"a]Full of vignettes on the use of robotics, first-person
interviews with end- users, what has occurred in the robotics
industry in its support of the nation, and what is "coming soon."
Some of the new ideas are just downright mind-blowing..."
aThe Armchair General
"An admitted war geek, P.W. Singer obsessesaover the course of
400-plus pagesa about the growing role of robots in combat. His
tone is oddly jovial considering the unsettling subject matter, but
you won't find a more comprehensive look at mechanized death
outside science fiction."
a"Details Magazine"
"If you want the whole story of remote warfare, pick up a copy of
Wired for War, in which Peter Singer, a fellow of the non-profit
Brookings Institution in Washington DC, exhaustively documents the
Pentagon's penchant for robotics. Think of it as the next step in
the mechanisation of war: swords and arrows, guns, artillery,
rockets, bombers, robots."
a "The New Scientist"
aP.W. Singer has fashioned a definitive text on the future of war
around the subject of robots. In no previous book have I gotten
such an intrinsic sense of what the military future will be.a
a Robert Kaplan, author of "Imperial Grunts"
a"Wired for War" is a wild ride. Drawing from sources spanning
popular culture and hard science, Singer reveals how the
relationship between man and robot is changing the nature of
warfare. He details technology that has, until now, been the stuff
of science fiction: lethal machines that can walk on water or hover
outside windows, machines joined in networks or thinking for
themselves. Singeras appreciation for the human minds behind these
machines is real, but so is his warning that the implications of
this revolution are poorly understood.a
a Howard Gordon, writer and executive producer of "24, The
X-Files," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
aSinger's book is as important (very) as it is readable (highly),
as much a fascinating account of new technology as it is a
challenging appraisal of the strategic, political and ethical
questions that we must now face. This book needs to be widely read
--not just within the defense community but by anyone interested in
the most fundamental questions of how our and other societies will
look at war itself.a
a Anthony Lake, 18th U.S. National Security Advisor
aWill wars someday be fought by Terminator-like machines? In this
provocative and entertaining new book, one of our brightest young
strategic thinkers suggests the answer may well be ayes.a Singeras
sprightly survey of robotics technology takes the reader from
battlefields and cutting-edge research labs to the dreams of
science fictionwriters. In the process, he forces us to grapple
with the strategic and ethical implications of the anew new thinga
in war.a
a Max Boot, author of "The Savage Wars of Peace" and "War Made
New,"
aLively, penetrating, and wise ... A warmly human (even humorous)
account of robotics and other military technologies that focuses
where it should: on us.a Richard Danzig, 71st Secretary of the Navy
aWeaving together immaculate academic research with a fan boy's
lexicon of popular culture, "Wired for War" looks at the people and
technologies beta-testing tomorrow's wars today. The result is a
book both hilarious and hair-raising that poses profound ethical
questions about the creation and use of ever more powerful killing
machines.a
aGideon Yago, writer, "MTV News"
aItas not science fiction, itas not fantasy, itas here now. Read
"Wired For War,"
a Robert Young Pelton, author of "The Worldas Most Dangerous
Places"
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