Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century,   ISBN:9780143116844

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Singer did his homework, and I am confident no stone goes unturned in "Wired for War". Unfortunately, he weighs his content down with pop culture references and bad humor. As a technology enthusiast and engineer, I had to force myself to finish it.

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Very thought provoking. Amazing what advances are being made with little public awareness. It parallels the introduction of the PC into mainstream life...bit by bit it subtly becomes a part of your very existence until you are a slave to its systems, quirks and processes.

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This is a well researched book and it is fascinating to have an inside look at the current and future use of robots to kill the bad guys. The only drawback is that the typeface is too small. I got it before I got my Kindle or that would be no problem. I saw the author give a presentation at Chautauqua and he's a very sharp young man with lots of good insights. It's not a girly book, though. It's a MAN'S book! Get ready to be amazed at what our military is gearing up for. You'll be glad you're an American!

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Extremely verbose. Singer relies on many extended anecdotes to make minor points. Lots of repetition. He defers to sci-fi authors/movies, soldiers, entertainers, et al., rather than exhibiting a personal expertise. He touches on many facets of the subject: some interesting but many obvious. After reading, one has an improved appreciation of robotics; however, Singer fails to present the subject as a few key issues that he develops insightfully. Overall, a disappointing treatment of an important topic.

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An almost perfect book when Singer is actually writing about war and robotics. But the gratuitous dings against the Bush administration are too obvious and gratuitous. How do you get a criticism of the No Child Left Behind act into a book on robotics? And Singer gives the sorely un-credible Richard Clarke way too much credit. One of the predicted sources of terrorism is, according to Clarke and cited by Singer, "The Christian right fringe that blow up abortion clinics." Clarke supposedly warned the Bush administration about Osama Bin Laden, but Singer does not mention what happened during the 8 years Clarke worked for Clinton. So in places, Singer's ideology and rote repetition of the left wing mantras made me yawn. From global warming to confidence in UN studies, Singer does some far reaching in connecting the left's agenda to a book on robotics and terrorism, as if he could not resist jamming them in there someplace, some how, even if they did not fit. But...if you can hold your nose during these short but over-the-top passages, the rest of the book is remarkably well researched and very readable.

Joseph M. Vottis