Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War [Paperback]

R. C. Molander (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0833023527 | ISBN-13: 978-0833023520

Discusses the potential vulnerability of the U.S. defense and civilian information infrastructure.

Editorial Reviews

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An excellent overview of the subject . . . Highly recommended for a variety of subject areas, particularly political science and computer science. -- Academic Library Book Review

An excellent overview of the subject. Highly recommended for a variety of subject areas, particularly political science and computer science. -- Academic Library Book Review

Any student of government or industrial decision making would be well advised to buy this book. -- Technology and Society

Information warfare remains a nebulous subject, but this monograph offers one of the most interesting and revealing ways of thinking about it. . . . A short but comprehensive discussion of the central issues in information warfare, particularly defense against attacks on the myriad information systems that keep American society running, is followed by an ingenious day after exercise that illustrates and amplifies these problems. In three partsthe day of an information attack, the day after, and finally the day beforeparticipants can work their way through the decisionmaking problems of information warfare. The exercise, which has been tested with many government and private groups, is a brilliant device for exploring a problem bound to become more salient. -- Foreign Affairs

Information warfare remains a nebulous subject...this monograph offers one of the most interesting and revealing ways of thinking about it. -- Foreign Affairs

Strategic Information Warfare illuminates a challenging and often obscure method for examining policy options. Any student of government or industrial decision making would be well advised to buy this book. Grade: 92% -- Technology and Society

The great value of such exercises lies in raising the consciousness of decision-makers about problems likely to emerge... -- Comparative Strategy

This book terrified me...authors are right. Strategic information warfare is possible and probable. I applaud that this research was done. -- Computing Reviews

From the Publisher

This report summarizes research performed by RAND for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). The objective of this effort was to garner perspectives on a broad range of potential national security issues related to the evolving concept of information warfare, with a particular emphasis on the defensive aspects of what is characterized in the report as "strategic information warfare." The study was undertaken in recognition that futureU.S. national security strategy is likely to be profoundly affected by the ongoing rapid evolution of cyberspace-the global information infrastructure and in this context by the growing dependence of the U.S. military and other national institutions and infrastructures on potentially vulnerable elements of the U.S. national information infrastructure.This report should be of special interest to those who are exploring the effect of the information revolution on warfare. It should also be of interest to those segments of the U.S. and broader international security community that are concerned with the post-cold war evolution of military and national security strategy, especially strategy changes driven wholly or in part by the evolution of, and possible revolutions in, technology.The research reported here was accomplished within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of RAND's National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies. It builds on an earlier and ongoing body of research within that center on the national security implications of the information revolution.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Rand Publishing (April 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833023527
• ISBN-13: 978-0833023520
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Complicated Reading!, January 29, 2001

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This review is from: Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War (Paperback)

This is a very good book for those in the military establishment to study and heed. One point though, it is quite complicated to follow and requires a bit of technical knowledge of simulations and how the military runs exercises in order to fully grasp RAND's conclusions. Not for the faint of heart or curious reader.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The face of the future, February 1, 1999

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This review is from: Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War (Paperback)

Dr. Molander et. al. do an outstanding job bringing home the dangerous reality of warfare in the information age. The scenarios are well-designed and plausible, and the entire work is engaging and readable.