Equipping James Bond av Andre (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Millard

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<p><b>James Bond¿s amazing gadgets reveal both enthusiasm about technology and fear of its potential ramifications.</b></p><p>The popularity of the 007 franchise depends on a seductive formula of sex, violence, and snobbery. Much of its appeal, too, lies in its gadgets: slick, somewhat improbable technological devices that give everyone¿s favorite secret agent the edge over his adversaries. </p><p>In <i>Equipping James Bond</i>, Andr¿illard chronicles a hundred-year history of espionage technology through the lens of Ian Fleming¿s infamous character and his ingenious spyware. Beginning with the creation of MI6, the British secret service, Millard traces the development of espionage technology from the advanced weaponry of the nineteenth century to the evolving threat of computer hacking and surveillance. Arguing that the gadgets in the books and films articulate the leading edge of technological awareness at the time, Millard describes how Bond goes from protecting 1950s England from c