In Athena's camp : preparing for conflict in the information age /

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The information revolution--which is as much an organizational as a technological revolution--is transforming the nature of conflict across the spectrum: from open warfare, to terrorism, crime, and even radical social activism. The era of massed field armies is passing, because the new information a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Authors: Arquilla, John, Ronfeldt, David F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 1997.
Series:MR (Series) ; MR-880-OSD/RC.
Subjects:
War > Forecasting.
Information society.
Guerre > Prévision.
Société informatisée.
MILITARY TECHNOLOGY.
CONFLICT.
WAR.
COMPUTER SECURITY.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword : The new intangibles
  • A new epoch-- and spectrum-- of conflict / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
  • pt. 1. The revolution in military affairs. Cyberwar is coming! / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
  • Preparing for the next war : reflections on the revolution in military affairs / Steven J. Blank
  • An information-based revolution in military affairs / Norman C. Davis
  • Another view of the revolution in military affairs / Jeffrey R. Cooper
  • Information, power, and grand strategy : in Athena's camp : Section 1 / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
  • pt. 2. Information warfare. Warfare in the information age / Bruce D. Berkowitz
  • The small and the many / Martin C. Libicki
  • Information warfare : time for some constructive skepticism? / John Rothrock
  • Emerging challenge : security and safety in cyberspace / Richard O. Hundley and Robert H. Anderson
  • An exploration of cyberspace security R & D investment strategies for DARPA / Robert H. Anderson and Anthony C. Hearn.
  • pt. 3. Societal perspectives. The advent of netwar / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
  • Societal implications / Brian Nichiporuk and Carl H. Builder
  • Transnational criminal organisations and international security / Phil Williams
  • Responding to terrorism across the technological spectrum / Bruce Hoffman
  • A comment on the Zapatista "netwar" / David Ronfeldt and Armando Martinez
  • pt. 4. Emerging paradigms. Neocortical wearfare? : the acme of skill / Richard Szafranski
  • Information, power, and grand strategy : in Athena's camp : Section 2 / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
  • Looking ahead : preparing for information-age conflict / John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt.

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