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050 00 $aU393$b.E38 2005
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100 1 $aEdwards, John,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82143797
245 14 $aThe geeks of war :$bthe secretive labs and brilliant minds behind tomorrow's warfare technologies /$cJohn Edwards.
260 $aNew York :$bAMACOM,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axvii, 221 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : the military-technology matrix -- $gCh. 1.$tFinding and breaking things : tactical systems -- $gCh. 2.$tThe fingertips war : information systems -- $gCh. 3.$tEarly warning : telecommunications, reconnaissance, and disaster relief -- $gCh. 4.$tFitter fighters: health, medicine, and biotechnology -- $gCh. 5.$tMoving ahead : vehicles and logistics -- $gCh. 6.$tThe shadow war : security and cryptography -- $gCh. 7.$tUniforms, protective gear, and other things they don't sell at Bloomingdale's.
520 1 $a"More often than not, the nightly news gives us the opportunity to see modern weapons in action. But what few people ever get to see is how these ever more complex and powerful weapons come to be. Phrases like "developed by the Pentagon" or a "Department of Defense project" only hint at the real story - that modern weaponry and defense systems are born of technology developed in private, academic, and government labs that are light years ahead of what the military may be using at any given moment." "This book takes a deep look inside these organizations. Author John Edwards has conducted dozens of exclusive, in-depth interviews with scientists and program directors at labs all over the country - the ones with their sleeves rolled up, their computers humming, their minds going places the rest of us don't even know exist. They are, in short, The Geeks of War."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMilitary research$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85085282
650 0 $aMilitary art and science$xTechnological innovations$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005002636.html
852 00 $bmil$hU393$i.E38 2005