Description: Questioning whether the military is ready to push the boundaries of human performance.
Brief description: H. Christian Breede is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, a serving infantry officer, co-editor of Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions, author of The Idea of Failed States, and editor of Culture and the Solder.
Review Quotes: "This book will be valuable in reintroducing ethical dilemmas to the field of HPE. It should be read by a wide audience, partly because it is fascinating and partly because it serves as a prescient warning of the future weapons of modern warfare. It would be well placed as required reading in any graduate class on scientific ethics and philosophy, just as it would in courses in professional military education. Similarly, this book provides an excellent overview of present and historical HPE, and policy-makers in Canada and its allies should take the opportunity to receive a crash course on the studies underway in research organizations of NATO forces." International Journal