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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing warfare. This far-ranging investigation examines the emergence...
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories behind the key technological advances and strategic breakthroughs that have driven, and been driven by, thousands of years of ground warfare. Each episode will focus on an area where technology and science have influenced the unfolding evolution of ground combat.
Author
Series
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology volume new. ser., no. 22
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
29) Ancient Greece
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Discusses life in ancient Greece, including citizenship in the city-state, family life, physical training and athletic competitions, and religious beliefs and worship.
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Shades of Blue and Gray places the 1861–1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, Hattaway includes valuable material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, automatic weapons, the Confederate submarine, and balloons. The evolution of professionalism in the American military serves as an important connective theme throughout. Hattaway extrapolates from recent works...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon in this new entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series"--
April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the wild, animals use teeth, claws, and other natural weapons to attack their prey. On the battlefield, soldiers need weapons to fight the enemy. Military forces have often looked to nature for inspiration to develop effective weapons and combat tactics. From the first feathered arrows to tomorrow's high-tech weaponry, take a look at how military technology often imitates the natural weapons of animals to help soldiers succeed in combat. Then...
36) Echo: Moon Lake
Author
Series
Echo volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Julie Martin is taking photographs in the California desert when an explosion in the clouds showers her with liquid metal pellets that stick to her skin and begin to reform a powerful atomic armor. Now somebody wants Julie dead and the only one who can save her is a woman they've already killed."--P. [4] of cover.
37) Weapons of war
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the history and gives examples of military weapons and technology including various types of ships, guns, missiles, planes, tanks, and weapons of mass destruction.
38) Military weapons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This title provides readers with a fascinating look at military weapons. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for readers as they learn the uses and logistics of some of the military's commonly used weapons. Features include a table of contents, two infographics, fun facts, a sidebar, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning....
39) Ancient Egypt
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Provides a history of ancient Egypt, with emphasis on religion and politics, and discusses such modern-day discoveries as King Tut's tomb through which that history was revealed.
40) Nine
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A young woman trying to escape her past collides with a girl trying to escape her future, both carrying secrets they're terrified to share. Can they abandon it all-secrets, past, and future-for the freedom they've been offered?"--
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