Listening to Literature 03/16/2018

Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield.

This week, on  Listening to Literature will be speaking with Dr. Robert H. Latiff and his book, Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield. Dr. Latiff retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Major General. He is a private consultant to corporate and government clients and universities and an adjunct faculty member with the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. Major General Latiff’s last active duty assignment was at the National Reconnaissance Office where he was director of Advanced Systems and Technology and deputy director for Systems Engineering. While in the U.S. Army, General Latiff served both in the infantry branch and as commander of an Army tactical nuclear weapons unit. He received his Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of the National Security Fellows Program at Harvard’s JFK School of Government . Dr. Latiff’s book, Future War, explores the new and emerging technological changes in military science and combat as well as the roles and responsibilities political leaders, the media, and each of us as citizens have in contributing to public discussions about whether and how we should pursue, fund, and use such new technologies.