Coker examines how technology is transforming the way we think about and fight war, taking three major changes that are driving this process: cybernetic technologies that are folding soldiers into a cybernetic system that will allow the military to read their thoughts and emotions, and mould them accordingly; the coexistence of men and robots in the battle-spaces of tomorrow; and the extent to which we may be able to re-engineer warriors through pharmacological manipulation.

Preface: from Greeks to geeks -- Hacking the future -- The human thing: how war and our humanity have co-evolved -- Cheerful robots -- Online war -- The rise of the machines -- Designer warriors -- Warrior geeks.