. >>> next on american history tv, military historical paul springer talks about the use of cutting edge technology in the united states military. he argues the advancement of robotic weaponry in warfare such as drones and artificial intelligence have revolutionized military affairs making previous tactics obvious lite. the new york historical society hosted this 90-minute event. >>> now it's a pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend, paul springer, who is a senior fellow of the foreign policy research institute, but also from his day job at the air command and staff college in alabama. he also taught at west point. he's the author of many books and many coming out on cyber war, military robotics, the history of prisoners of war and a load of other topics. he's been on cnn, npr, history channel, discovery channel, national geographic channel, and he's one of our most popular speakers. we've asked him to speak on military affairs, which will give you a quick survey of military history from the 13th century, all the way up to today all in an hour, so i'm sure you will enjoy. please w

please welcome paul springer. [applause] mr. springer: good morning. i would like to extend a thank you. wonderful organizations i support and love working with. it is a great opportunity to speak with you today. we'll see if i can review terrified for the weekend with -- leave you terrified for the rest of the weekend with some military robotics information. i am an historian, by definition that means i have to backup way to far to tell you the beginning of the story. before i get rolling, do not worry about reading the small disclaimer at the bottom. these are my views, not the views of the air force or the department of defense or the u.s. government. they are solely mine unless you really like them. all right, so this is the only slide up i will throw at you with an enormous amount of text. i don't expect to read and and i'm not going to read it to you but my point of this like your, my fundamental argument, is that the world right now is in the middle of a revolution in military affairs. the mode of human conflict is altering and that alteration i

please welcome, paul springer. >>> good morning. i'd like to extend a thank you to dale and allen, the foreign policy research institute, both are wonderful organizations that i support and love working. with it's a great opportunity to come and speak to all of you today. so we'll see if i can leave you terrified for the rest of the weekend with some military robotics information for you here. but i'm a historian. by definition, that means i have to back up way too far to tell you the very beginning of the story. before i really get rolls, because i work for the air force, don't worry about reading the small disclaimer at the bottom there, these are my views, not the views of the air force. these are not the views of the department of defense or views of the u.s. government. they are solely mine unless you really like them, which case everybody else can take credit, too. all right. this is the only slide i'm going to throw at you with an enormous amount of text. i don't expect you to read it. but the point to this entire lecture, if

. >>> next on american history tv, military historical paul springer talks about the use of cutting edge technology in the united states military. he argues the advancement of robotic weaponry in warfare such as drones and artificial intelligence have revolutionized military affairs making previous tactics obvious lite. the new york

next, military historian paul springer talks about the use of cutting-edge technology in the united statesilitary. robotic weaponry and warfare such as drones and artificial intelligence have revolutionized military affairs, making previous tactics obsolete. the new york historical society hosted this 90-minute event. >> it is a pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend paul springer, who is a senior fellow d