P. W. Singer, Author . Cornell Univ. $39.95 (330p) ISBN 978-0-8014-4114-1
A security analyst at the Brookings Institution, Singer raises disturbing new issues in this comprehensive analysis of a post–Cold War phenomenon: private companies offering specialized military services for hire. These organizations are...
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P. W. Singer, Author . Penguin Press $27.95 (499p) ISBN 978-1-59420-198-1
Brookings Institute fellow Singer (Children at War
) believes that “we resist trying to research and understand change” in the making of war. Robotics promises to be the most comprehensive instrument of change in war since the...
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P.W. Singer and August Cole. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Eamon Dolan, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-544-14284-8
Tom Clancy fans will relish Singer and Cole’s first novel, a chilling vision of what might happen in a world war launched by a Chinese sneak attack on America’s eyes and brains in outer space. Singer, a military strategist, and Cole, a former...
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P.W. Singer and August Cole. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28 (432p) ISBN 978-1-328-63723-9
This perceptive near-future techno-thriller from Singer and Cole (Ghost Fleet) warns of the unintended consequences of rapid technologic change. After a series of deadly terrorist attacks strike the Washington, D.C., area, FBI special agent Lara...
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P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-328-69574-1
Social media is not just a rancorous gabfest but a literal “battlefield... with real-world consequences,” according to this overwrought jeremiad. Singer (coauthor of Ghost Fleet), a contributing editor for Popular Science, and Brooking, a former...
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