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It is hard to read Tomorrow鈥檚 War by David Shukman (Harcourt Brace,
$26, ISBN 0 15 100198 7) without being appalled at the human race鈥檚
infatuation with destruction. Advanced weapons were glimpsed in the Gulf War,
but ideas for future ones include smoke that stops aircraft in flight, dazzle
guns that blind combatants, artificial insects that attack soldiers鈥攅ven
鈥渕ind bombs鈥� are a serious possibility. Such weapons could be made by any
industrialised nation. The book is dispassionately and lucidly written,
increasing its impact. This is a portrait of technology with a skull for a
face.