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    Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War
    Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War
    Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War
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    Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War

    By Robert H. Latiff

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    Future Peace urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war.

    Today’s militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, the eagerly awaited sequel to Future War, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public’s lack of familiarity with these topics.

    Future Peace describes the many provocations to violence and how technologies are abetting those urges, and it explores what can be done to mitigate not only dangerous human behaviors but also dangerous technical behaviors. Latiff concludes that peace is possible but will require intense, cooperative efforts on the part of technologists, military leaders, diplomats, politicians, and citizens. Future Peace amplifies some well-known ideas about how to address the issues, and provides far-, mid-, and short-term recommendations for actions that are necessary to reverse the apparent headlong rush into conflict. This compelling and timely book will captivate general readers, students, and scholars of global affairs, international security, arms control, and military ethics.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2022
    ISBN9780268201883
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    Robert H. Latiff

    Major General (Ret.) Robert H. Latiff is adjunct professor with the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame and research professor at George Mason University. He is the author of Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield.

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      Books about future war and peace often soar into the ether of speculation and science fiction. “Future Peace” is grounded in current and developing technology, recent history of domestic and international relations and trajectory of prevailing trends. Author Army Maj. General (ret) Robert H. Latiff, has crafted a thought-provoking examination of the Sword of Damocles that modern politico-military establishments dangle over an unsuspecting world.This slim volume consists of four chapters examining the military as “A Giant Armed Nervous System”, the “Urge to Violence”, the risk of “Stumbling into War”, and methods of “Avoiding War” followed by the author’s conclusions.Natiff raises the specter of autonomous systems controlling the road to war without the mediation of human reason. He posits a world in which hypersonic events occur so rapidly that humans must rely on information transmitted and actions directed by pre-programed networks without time for reflection.The author asserts a rising urge to violence, to the exclusion of diplomacy, as the American response of choice to international crises. He attributes this, in parts, to inadequate civics education nationwide and the separation of the American public from the costs of war as economic costs are shifted to later generations through borrowing and wars are fought by fractions of the American public. He cites President Eisenhower’s waning against the influence of the military-industrial complex as still appropriate. Natiff suggests that advances in military technology drive demand, particularly to a customer like the United States military that can rely on its public and politicians’ fear of falling behind.Perhaps the most alarming section is that on Stumbling into War. Could a local commander trigger a response that could get out of hand? Could a piece of space debris destroy a spy satellite and thereby set off retaliation against another power’s device? As our adversaries close the gap in power and quality, does the United States, through overextension risk opportunistic attack that it could not repel?At its core, this tome is Gen. Latiff’s call for citizens to pay attention to developments and to modify behavior of the leaders they elect. I am a conservative who generally views with suspicion claims that the United States should withdraw from the world stage and leave the field to aggressors. I ask, if we wait to be sure that an attack is real or a threat is serious, what will our adversaries do? Will they follow our lead and lesson the treat of stumbling into war, or will they take advantage of our hesitation? Against this background, Gen. Latiff has cause me to pause and think. Is the United States obligated, or even justified, in becoming involved in opposing evils across the globe? I have often viewed American foreign policy as benign and focused on protecting America’s vital interests and the defense of the weak against aggressors. These pages have caused me to consider how others may view our actions. Is American strength a threat only toward predators or could its claimed purposes be perceived as a veneer covering more sinister motives? “Future Peace” has not reversed my word view, but it has encouraged me to assess it more critically and sharpened my concern for the situation in which we live. For that it is a worthwhile read.I received a free copy of this book without an obligation to post a review.

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