Strategic appraisal : the changing role of information in warfare / edited by Zalmay M. Khalilzad, John P. White ; foreword by Andrew W. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khalilzad, Zalmay.

White, John P.

United States. Air Force.

Rand Corporation.

Project Air Force (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Automation.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 452 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Changing role of information in warfare

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

COVER; PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; FOREWORD: Andrew W. Marshall; Chapter One - INTRODUCTION: Zalmay Khalilzad and John White; Part I - SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM; Chapter Two - THE AMERICAN MILITARY ENTERPRISE IN THE INFORMATION AGE: Carl H. Builder; Chapter Three - RIGHT MAKES MIGHT: FREEDOM AND POWER IN THE INFORMATION AGE: David C. Gompert; Chapter Four - NETWORKS, NETWAR, AND INFORMATION-AGE TERRORISM: John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt, and Michele Zanini; Chapter Five - INFORMATION AND WAR: IS IT A REVOLUTION?: Jeremy Shapiro

Part II - U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AND VULNERABILITIES Chapter Six - INFORMATION AND WARFARE: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. MILITARY FORCES: Edward Harshberger and David Ochmanek; Chapter Seven - U.S. MILITARY OPPORTUNITIES: INFORMATION-WARFARE CONCEPTS OF OPERATION: Brian Nichiporuk; Chapter Eight - THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS: Stephen T. Hosmer; Chapter Nine - U.S. STRATEGIC VULNERABILITIES: THREATS AGAINST SOCIETY: Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson, and Robert H. Anderson; Chapter Ten - IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION VULNERABILITIES FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS: 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: Francis Fukuyama and Abram N. Shulsky; Chapter Twelve - ARMS CONTROL, EXPORT REGIMES, AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION: Lynn E. Davis; Chapter Thirteen - ETHICS AND INFORMATION WARFARE: John Arquilla; Chapter Fourteen - DEFENSE IN A WIRED WORLD: PROTECTION, DETERRENCE, AND PREVENTION: Zalmay Khalilzad; Chapter Fifteen - CONCLUSION: THE CHANGING ROLE OF INFORMATION IN WARFARE: Martin Libicki and Jeremy Shapiro

Notes:

"Prepared for the United State Air Force."

"Rand."

"Project AIR FORCE."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-45145-6

9786612451454

0-8330-4333-1

0-585-25007-3

OCLC:

536286166