In on the Ground Floor of the 20th Century Automation Revolution

This book, Dr. Robinson's autobiography, offers his unique personal experience of the 20th century, a century of fantastic technological progress, four major wars; and the prolonged life and death ideological struggle between democracy and totalitarianism in which democracy finally emerges victorious.

It describes his pioneering participation in the post-World War II intellectual revolution which led to the computer revolution which is now becoming the world shaking "automation" revolution which has brought us to the brink of enormous increases in productivity through computerized automation of all branches of human endeavor. And he concludes by projecting the future course of this Revolution and its economic and social consequences.

It describes the two World Wars, his important personal World War II experience in Mr. Churchill's private office, especially in the crucial days when, after the collapse of France, Britain faced the threat of German invasion alone. It also describes the origins and problems of the Korean War and the Vietnam War in the context of the relentless communist struggle to rule the world which dominated world history from 1918 to 1990.

Every young American should read this book to gain an insight into the nature of these salient features of the 20th century, the lessons they have taught, and the legacy it is bequeathing - the Automation Revolution - that will transform our lives the world over in the 21st century.