TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 144: Autonomous and Semiautonomous Weapons Systems - Hardcover

Lovelace Jr., Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019025534X ISBN 13: 9780190255343

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests. Volume 144, Autonomous and Semiautonomous Weapons Systems, examines the impact of robots and autonomous and semiautonomous weapons systems on the waging of modern warfare. It considers the likely effects of emerging technological innovations in this area from both a political and strategic standpoint, in addition to considering the implications of such technologies within the context of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

This volume is divided into three sections: (1) U.S. policy and approaches to the use of autonomous and semiautonomous weapons systems; (2) U.S. armed forces use of such weapons systems; and (3) potential terrorist use of such weapons systems. Official policy documents from the DoD and the U.S. Army and Air Force are complemented by reports from the Strategic Studies Institute/Army War College Press and other U.S. military sources.

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About the Author

Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a J.D. from Widener School of Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 019025534X
• ISBN 13: 9780190255343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368