{"product_id":"the-future-of-violence-benjamin-wittes-9780465089741","title":"The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting a New Age of Threat","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo legal scholars explore the security and political implications of revolutionary new technologies from drones to 3-D printers, and explain how governments must adapt to our brave new world of dispersed threats.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies-from drones to computer networks and biological agents-which could be used to attack states and private citizens alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, law and security experts Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum detail the myriad possibilities, challenges, and enormous risks present in the modern world, and argue that if our national governments can no longer adequately protect us from harm, they will lose their legitimacy. Consequently, governments, companies, and citizens must rethink their security efforts to protect lives and liberty. In this brave new world where many little brothers are as menacing as any Big Brother, safeguarding our liberty and privacy may require strong domestic and international surveillance and regulatory controls. Maintaining security in this world where anyone can attack anyone requires a global perspective, with more multinational forces and greater action to protect (and protect against) weaker states who do not yet have the capability to police their own people. Drawing on political thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to the Founders and beyond, Wittes and Blum show that, despite recent protestations to the contrary, security and liberty are mutually supportive, and that we must embrace one to ensure the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Future of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an introduction to our emerging world -- one in which students can print guns with 3-D printers and scientists' manipulations of viruses can be recreated and unleashed by ordinary people -- and an authoritative blueprint for how government must adapt in order to survive and protect us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Wittes, Gabriella Blum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465089747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465089741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015","brand":"Benjamin Wittes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043528536319,"sku":"9780465089741","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_813a0f3f-0d57-4efe-999a-b481e957f401.jpg?v=1684967671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-future-of-violence-benjamin-wittes-9780465089741","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}