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From Idiophylaxis to Inner Armor: Imagining the Self-Armoring Soldier in the United States Military from the 1960s to Today
Comparative Studies in Society and History ( IF 1.1 ) Pub Date : 2018-10-01 , DOI: 10.1017/s0010417518000300
Andrew Bickford

All militaries try to develop a “winning edge” in warfare. More often than not these attempts focus on new weapons systems and weapons platforms, on new ways of maximizing the offensive capabilities of a military through firepower. These attempts can also involve the training and development of soldiers, including performance enhancements to make them fight better, longer, and smarter than the enemy and to counter human frailty on the battlefield. These concerns and problems have long held the interest of the U.S. military. This article traces the development, rationale, and legacy of one such attempt to deal with human frailty and the “body problem,” a kind of military futurism devised at the peak of the Cold War. Dr. Marion Sulzberger envisioned creating soldiers who had their own kind of special “biological armor,” or what he termed “idiophylaxis.” In 1962, he presented a paper at the Army Science Conference at West Point titled “Progress and Prospects in Idiophylaxis (Built-In Individual Self-Protection of the Combat Soldier).” Sulzberger's call was for a radical rethinking of the combat soldier and the ways in which soldiers were imagined, designed, and developed. His goal was to “armor” the individual soldier both internally and psychologically through new forms of biomedicine and biotechnology. The interventions he detailed in 1962 live on today in the U.S. military's soldier performance enhancement research programs, including DARPA's recent “Inner Armor” program and desire to make “kill-proof” soldiers.

中文翻译:

从 Idiophylaxis 到 Inner Armor:想象美国军队中自 1960 年代至今的自装甲士兵

所有军队都试图在战争中形成“制胜优势”。这些尝试往往侧重于新武器系统和武器平台,以及通过火力最大化军队进攻能力的新方法。这些尝试还可能涉及士兵的训练和发展,包括提高性能,使他们比敌人战斗得更好、更长、更聪明,并在战场上对抗人类的弱点。这些担忧和问题长期以来一直是美军的兴趣所在。本文追溯了这样一种解决人类虚弱和“身体问题”的尝试的发展、基本原理和遗产,这是一种在冷战高峰期设计的军事未来主义。Marion Sulzberger 博士设想创造出拥有自己特殊“生物盔甲”的士兵,”或他所谓的“特异防御”。1962 年,他在西点军校举行的陆军科学会议上发表了一篇论文,题为“Idiophylaxis 的进展和前景(战斗士兵的内置个人自我保护)”。Sulzberger 呼吁彻底重新思考战斗士兵以及士兵的想象、设计和发展方式。他的目标是通过新形式的生物医学和生物技术在内部和心理上“武装”单个士兵。他在 1962 年详细介绍的干预措施今天在美国军方的士兵性能增强研究计划中得以应用,包括 DARPA 最近的“内装甲”计划和制造“防杀”士兵的愿望。他在西点军校科学会议上发表了一篇论文,题为“Idiophylaxis(内置个人自我保护的战斗士兵)的进展和前景”。Sulzberger 呼吁彻底重新思考战斗士兵以及士兵的想象、设计和发展方式。他的目标是通过新形式的生物医学和生物技术在内部和心理上“武装”单个士兵。他在 1962 年详细介绍的干预措施今天在美国军方的士兵性能增强研究计划中得以应用,包括 DARPA 最近的“内装甲”计划和制造“防杀”士兵的愿望。他在西点军校科学会议上发表了一篇论文,题为“Idiophylaxis(内置个人自我保护的战斗士兵)的进展和前景”。Sulzberger 呼吁彻底重新思考战斗士兵以及士兵的想象、设计和发展方式。他的目标是通过新形式的生物医学和生物技术在内部和心理上“武装”单个士兵。他在 1962 年详细介绍的干预措施今天在美国军方的士兵性能增强研究计划中得以应用,包括 DARPA 最近的“内装甲”计划和制造“防杀”士兵的愿望。和发展。他的目标是通过新形式的生物医学和生物技术在内部和心理上“武装”单个士兵。他在 1962 年详细介绍的干预措施今天在美国军方的士兵性能增强研究计划中得以应用,包括 DARPA 最近的“内装甲”计划和制造“防杀”士兵的愿望。和发展。他的目标是通过新形式的生物医学和生物技术在内部和心理上“武装”单个士兵。他在 1962 年详细介绍的干预措施今天在美国军方的士兵性能增强研究计划中得以应用,包括 DARPA 最近的“内装甲”计划和制造“防杀”士兵的愿望。
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