{"product_id":"9781399831673-valley-of-death","title":"Valley of Death","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a  veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial  complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications  for American democracy and the global balance of power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElon Musk, Peter Thiel,  and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming some of the most powerful  figures in the realm of national security, with enormous implications for us  all. As Sharon Weinberger reveals in this gripping account, the American military  and spy agencies helped to create Silicon Valley as we now know it, and some  of its biggest and most valuable companies today owe much of their success to  the Pentagon and CIA. Beginning with the War on Terror and accelerating under  Donald Trump, however, the old alliance  between elected leaders in Washington and the unelected CEOs of Silicon Valley has  grown increasingly uneasy as power has shifted to the private sector and Big  Tech exerts greater and greater influence over its old patrons. Companies such  as SpaceX and Palantir, along with newer entrants to the field such as  Anduril, are proudly supporting-and quietly shaping-US national defense,  whether by providing spies and soldiers with AI and cloud-computing tools or  actual military hardware such as microwave weapons, hypersonic missiles, and  advanced drones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe implications of this historic shift  are poorly understood and fraught with peril. What happens when mercurial  billionaires like Elon Musk control weapons and technologies that were once  the preserve of the US government? How will this new military-industrial  complex affect the way wars are fought, or even \u003ci\u003ewhich\u003c\/i\u003e wars are fought?  That is the urgent question before us today, at the dawn of this new era-and  as Weinberger reveals, it is one on which our collective future might well  hinge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585137521014,"sku":"9781399831673","price":20.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40835989_cd28eb6f-a421-456f-947c-982e60791f64.jpg?v=1776405485","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399831673-valley-of-death","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}