Author of Techno Thriller on World War III, a Cyberwar, to Speak Thursday, July 16

Peter W. Singer, co-author of a newly released World War III techno thriller that is sending chills through the Pentagon, will speak at the National Press Club Thursday, July 16. Singer, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, will address a noon meeting of NPC American Legion Post 20 on "Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War." All NPC members are invited to attend speaker portions of Post meetings.

Singer was Director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution before joining New America and is the author of acclaimed non-fiction books on private contracting in the military, the exploitation of children in warfare, cybersecurity and military robotics. His latest book, co-written with journalist August Cole, envisions a cyberwar with China in which made-in-China hardware in U.S. weapons could sabotage the nation's military. It is based on real-life U.S. cyber vulnerabilities.

Singer, who is considered a leading expert in 21st Century warfare, has briefed officials at the Pentagon and Congress on defense issues. He was the founding director of Brookings' Project on U.S. Policy Towards the Islamic World and was the youngest senior scholar in Brookings history at age 29.