In Athena's Camp / Edition 1

by John Arquilla defense analyst and author of Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits, David Ronfeldt, David F. Ronfeldt

Overview

Essays about conflict in the information age that show how the information revolution is altering the nature of conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780833025142
Publisher:	RAND Corporation
Publication date:	10/28/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	460
Sales rank:	1,217,514
Product dimensions:	6.48(w) x 8.92(h) x 1.34(d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Contents
1. A NEW EPOCH—AND SPECTRUM—OF CONFLICT,
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
Part I: The Revolution in Military Affairs
2. CYBERWAR IS COMING!
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
3. PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WAR: REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS,
Stephen J. Blank
4. AN INFORMATION-BASED REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS,
Norman C. Davis
5. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS,
Jeffrey R. Cooper
6. INFORMATION , POWER, AND GRAND STRATEGY: IN ATHENA'S CAMP—SECTION 1,
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
Part II: Information Warfare
7. WARFARE IN THE INFORMATION AGE,
Bruce D. Berkowitz
8. THE SMALL AND THE MANY,
Martin C. Libicki
9. INFORMATION WARFARE: TIME FOR SOME CONSTRUCTIVE SKEPTICISM?
John Rothrock
10. EMERGING CHALLENGE: SECURITY AND SAFETY IN CYBERSPACE,
Richard O. Hundley and Robert H. Anderson
11. AN EXPLORATION OF CYBERSPACE SECURITY R&D INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR DARPA,
Robert H. Anderson and Anthony C. Hearn
Part III: Societal Perspectives
12. THE ADVENT OF NETWAR,
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
13. SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS,
Brian Nichiporuk and Carl H. Builder
14. TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY,
Phil Williams
15. RESPONDING TO TERRORISM ACROSS THE TECHNOLOGICAL SPECTRUM,
Bruce Hoffman
16. A COMMENT ON THE ZAPATISTA "NETWAR,"
David Ronfeldt and Armando Martínez
Part IV: Emerging Paradigms
17. NEOCORTICAL WARFARE? THE ACME OF SKILL,
Richard Szafranski
18. INFORMATION, POWER, AND GRAND STRATEGY: IN ATHENA'SCAMP—SECTION 2,
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
19. LOOKING AHEAD: PREPARING FOR INFORMATION-AGE CONFLICT,
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
Contributors

Editorial Reviews

This lively and highly readable survey of trends in information warfare provides an excellent overview of an expanding field in military science....one-stop shopping for any serious military analyst....

Naval War College Review

...thought provoking and an excellent reference guide on the use of information in warfare....Anyone interested in military history and cyberspace should read this book.

Science and Technology Journal

Arquilla and Ronfeldt's contributions provide the most interesting conceptual meat of the book....fascinating discussions of the nature of information and knowledge.

Information Communication Society

An examination of how the information revolution is changing the way war is waged and conflicts pursued, featuring an introduction by futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler. The editors' contributions suggest that the information revolution favors networks and small, non-state actors such as terrorists and criminals over rigid hierarchies such as professional militaries. They describe how this will place US military and police forces under growing pressures to formulate new concepts for organization, doctrine, strategy and tactics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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