War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century

New. New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Sewn binding Paper over boards 302 p Audience: General/trade From Kirkus Reviews: An appraisal of armed conflict that will strike most readers as a typically slick Alvin Toffler production--despite the byline given to wife Heidi and the bulletin that Alvin wrote Future Shock, The Third Wave, and other bestsellers with her help Here, the authors offer a quickstep guide to warfare in the idiosyncratic context of their wave theory--which, broadly speaking, divides world history into agrarian, industrial, and technological eras Starting with the hand-to-hand combat of ancient times, they eventually get to WW II's high-explosive and nuclear horrors Desert Storm, the Tofflers argue, was a showcase for a new generation of intelligent armament (smart bombs and the like) that promises to minimize if not eliminate the importance of brute-force firepower and set-piece battles Among other examples, the authors cite the possibility of microrobots a