Final Encyclopedia and Soldier Ask Not by Gordon R. Dickson

The plot of Gordon R. dICKSON'S BOOK SOLDIER ASK nOT ISthat there is a Final Emcyclopedia of all the knowledge of Earththat would render it not neccesary to have a Galactic News Service. it might also counter the propaganda of Roman invincibility in films by the BBC aor ones such as The Celtic Legends SERIESBY EMPHASIS ON KNOWLEDGE OF MAGNETS. THE NARRATOR CLAIMS THE cELTS WERE TECHNOLOGICLY ADVANCED.so one wonders why iron long swords were used to fight the Romans.A Final Encyclopedia might as such questions and why during The Holocaust magnets dwere not used to defeat the Nazis . A partial explanation can be found through Darpa IN A VIDEO ON YOU TUBE WHERE dARPA seeks to counter rockett propelled missiles fired at armoured humvee military vehicles.they will not admit magnets are being utilized but obvious in description of stopping projectiles short of vehicles . Other assumption employing orwellian double think have robotic tanks and terminator hunter killer s despatched to Iraq to protect soldiers from snipers or terrorists .Killer Rbots are not seen as such. Assumptions of warfare remain intact. Ideas of Green Marxist World Union and these robots being another proletariatand marxist programs loaded into the artificial intelligence computers they have are out of reach of much of humanity but such probably will happento an extent in Europe. not u.s.a. at irst if ever since hunter iller extermination philosophy will be unleashed there.