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Strategic Appraisal
The Changing Role of Information in Warfare
Advances in information technology have led us to rely on easy communication and readily available information — both in our personal lives and in the life of our nation. For the most part, we have rightly welcomed these changes. But information that is readily available is available to friend and foe alike; a system that relies on communication can become useless if its ability to communicate is interfered with or destroyed. Because this reliance is so general, attacks on the information infrastructure can have widespread effects, both for the military and for society. And such attacks can come from a variety of sources, some difficult or impossible to identify. This, the third volume in the Strategic Appraisal series, draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore the opportunities and vulnerabilities inherent in the increasing reliance on information technology, looking both at its usefulness to the warrior and the need to protect its usefulness for everyone. The Strategic Appraisal series is intended to review, for a broad audience, issues bearing on national security and defense planning.
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Pages: 475
ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2663-1
Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Abbreviations PDF
Foreword PDF
Andrew W. Marshall
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Zalmay Khalilzad and John White
Part I: Society and the International System
Chapter Two:
The American Military Enterprise in the Information Age PDF
Carl H. Builder
Chapter Three:
Right Makes Might: Freedom and Power in the Information Age PDF
David C. Gompert
Chapter Four:
Networks, Netwar, and Information-Age Terrorism PDF
John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini
Chapter Five:
Information and War: Is It a Revolution? PDF
Jeremy Shapiro
Part II: U.S. Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Chapter Six:
Information and Warfare: New Opportunities for U.S. Military Forces PDF
Edward Harshberger and David Ochmanek
Chapter Seven:
U.S. Military Opportunities: Information-Warfare Concepts of Operation PDF
Brian Nichiporuk
Chapter Eight:
The Information Revolution and Psychological Effects PDF
Stephen T. Hosmer
Chapter Nine:
U.S. Strategic Vulnerabilities: Threats Against Society PDF
Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson, and Robert H. Anderson
Chapter Ten:
Implications of Information Vulnerabilities for Military Operations PDF
Glenn C. Buchan
Part III: Issues, Strategies, and Lessons for Decisionmakers
Chapter Eleven:
Military Organization in the Information Age: Lessons from the World of Business PDF
Francis Fukuyama and Abram N. Shulsky
Chapter Twelve:
Arms Control, Export Regimes, and Multilateral Cooperation PDF
Lynn E. Davis
Chapter Thirteen:
Ethics and Information Warfare PDF
John Arquilla
Chapter Fourteen:
Defense in a Wired World: Protection, Deterrence, and Prevention PDF
Zalmay Khalilzad
Chapter Fifteen:
Conclusion: the Changing Role of Information in Warfare PDF
Martin Libicki and Jeremy Shapiro
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