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Transhumanizing war : performance enhancement and the implications for policy, society, and the soldier /
"The concept of soldier enhancement often invokes images of dystopian futures populated with dehumanized military personnel. These futures serve as warnings in science fiction works, and yet the enhancement of soldiers' combat capability is almost as old as war itself. Today, soldier enhan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ;
9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction: A Call to (Enhanced) Arms
- GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENHANCEMENT
- 2 Mapping the Human Enhancement Literature
- 3 Forecasting Futures and Possible Implications: The German Experience
- 4 Perspectives on the Enhancement of Soldiers: A French Approach
- 5 Human Performance in the United States Army: Enhancing the Future Soldier
- EASING THE BURDEN
- 6 Rationalizing the Approach to Mitigate Soldier Physical Burden: Are Iron Man or Captain America the Magic Bullet?
- 7 A Roadmap for Biomechanical Testing and Evaluation of Future Human Exoskeletons with Respect to Soldier Performance
- 8 Enhancing Performance Starts with Learning
- 9 The Road to Cognitive Optimization
- IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND SOCIETY
- 10 Insulating Soldiers from the Emotional Costs of War: An Ethical Analysis
- 11 Bioethics and Soldier Bio-Enhancement
- 12 Conclusion: The Road Ahead.