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  • Harnessing Disruption

    Building the Tech Future Without Breaking Society

    A timely and thought-provoking exploration of technological disruption, drawing on history's most transformative innovations--from nuclear power to AI--to offer a vital roadmap for navigating the future of technology. In Harnessing Disruption, Sarah E. Kreps--a national security expert and military veteran--offers a fresh, clear-eyed framework for understanding the social and political dynamics ... Read more

    $20.39 CAD

  • Drones

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    The second edition of Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and updated look at the rapidly evolving world of drones, otherwise known as unmanned or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). Covering the past, present, and future of military and civilian applications, this book explores how drones have transformed--and are transforming--industries and warfare. It delves into the ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Drones

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. In ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Drones

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. In ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Harnessing Disruption

    Building the Tech Future Without Breaking Society

    Narrated by Cassidy Brown ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    In Harnessing Disruption, Sarah E. Kreps—a national security expert and military veteran—offers a fresh, clear-eyed framework for understanding the social and political dynamics that shape technological change. From nuclear weapons to AI, cryptocurrency, and social media, breakthrough innovations rarely arrive without backlash. Disruption is not collapse. History shows it is part of a recurring ... Read more

    $21.97 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Drones

    What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

    Unabridged

    7 hours 15 min

    The second edition of Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and updated look at the rapidly evolving world of drones, otherwise known as unmanned or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). Covering the past, present, and future of military and civilian applications, this book explores how drones have transformed—and are transforming—industries and warfare. It delves into the ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Taxing Wars

    The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy

    by Sarah Kreps ...
    Why have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq lasted longer than any others in American history? The conventional wisdom suggests that the move to an all-volunteer force and unmanned technologies such as drones have reduced the apparent burden of war so much that they have allowed these conflicts to continue almost unnoticed for years. Taxing Wars suggests that the burden in blood is just one side of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Social Media and International Relations

    by Sarah Kreps ...
    Series series Elements in International Relations
    The 2016 US election highlighted the potential for foreign governments to employ social media for strategic advantages, but the particular mechanisms through which social media affect international politics are underdeveloped. This Element shows that the populace often seeks to navigate complex issues of foreign policy through social media, which can amplify information and tilt the balance of ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Checking the Costs of War

    Sources of Accountability in Post-9/11 US Foreign Policy

    A thorough reassessment of how domestic factors do and do not constrain the use of American military force abroad in the early twenty-first century.More than two decades have passed since the September 11th terrorist attacks resuscitated debates about the "imperial presidency" within the United States. During that same time, the United States has fought costly and inconclusive wars in Iraq and ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Taxing Wars

    The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy

    by Sarah Kreps ...
    Narrated by Lisa Flanagan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 58 min

    Sarah Kreps chronicles the entire history of how America has paid for its wars—and how its methods have changed. Early on, the United States imposed war taxes that both demanded sacrifices from all Americans and served as reminders of their participation. Indeed, thinkers from Immanuel Kant to Adam Smith argued that these reminders were exactly the reason why democracies tended to fight shorter ... Read more

    Was $35.99 CAD Now $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Drone Warfare

    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015One of the most significant and controversial developments in contemporary warfare is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as drones. In the last decade, US drone strikes have more than doubled and their deployment is transforming the way wars are fought across the globe. But how did drones claim such an important role in modern ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Limiting Armed Drone Proliferation

    by Micah Zenko ...
    In this Council Special Report, Senior Fellow Micah Zenko and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Sarah Kreps argue that it is essential to begin working now to expand and establish rules and norms governing armed drones. By doing so, they predict, the United States will create standards of behavior that other countries will be more likely to follow. ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD