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August Cole

  • Senior Advisor, Avascent
As seen in: Task & Purpose, Defense One, U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE, RealClear Defense
Writing #FICINT useful-fiction.com. #BurnInBook (2020) bit.ly/2sYB7gy #GhostFleet (2015) bit.ly/2usdwFC / Fellow @ACScowcroft @RUSI_org
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Cold comfort

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By Peter Singer, August Cole
| Defense One Verified
The arrival of new weapons has often been followed closely by their use against civilian populations for strategic effects. Submarines, bombers, rockets; The Lusitania, Dresden, London. This 20th-century history portends that the emerging capabilities of the 21st century—cyber attacks, information warfare—will be similarly used against civilian targets. The challenge will be all the greater as extreme weather becomes more common.
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The World Wonders

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By August Cole, Peter Singer
| RealClear Defense
August Cole & P. W. Singer Proceedings September 18, 2020 The following is a fictional treatment of how a world war could begin in the Pacific. It could be far easier than most believe, yet it might also be much harder to figure out exactly what happened to start it.
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BURN IN: THE THRILLER YOU NEED NOW

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By August Cole
In less than two weeks, BURN IN: A NOVEL OF THE REAL ROBOTIC REVOLUTION, goes on sale. It’s been five years since GHOST FLEET came out and deepened my commitment to using narratives to explore the future of conflict. Using what I’ve learned since, this is a new kind of novel, not only for me and my co-writer PW Singer but for the thriller genre… and yes, it has endnotes.
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