Power to the people : how open technological innovation is arming tomorrow's terrorists /

This path-breaking study is about how ordinary people are gaining the means to be extraordinarily lethal. States are also concentrating their technological power, but their gains lag behind a shift in relative capacity that is already disrupting the role of conventional armed forces. The dispersal o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cronin, Audrey Kurth, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the age of lethal empowerment
  • Classic models of military innovation : shaped by the nuclear revolution
  • The arsenal for anarchy : when and how violent individuals and groups innovate
  • Dynamite and the birth of modern terrorism
  • How dynamite diffused
  • The Kalashnikov and the global wave of insurgencies
  • How the Kalashnikov diffused
  • Open innovation of mobilization : social media and conquering digital terrain
  • Open innovation of reach : from AK-47s to drones, robots, smartphones, and 3-D printing
  • An army of one launches many : autonomy and artificial intelligence
  • Conclusion : strategy in an age of lethal empowerment.