In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age (repost)
In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age By John Arquilla
Publisher: RAND Corporation 1997 | 460 Pages | ISBN: 0833025147 | PDF | 5 MB
Publisher: RAND Corporation 1997 | 460 Pages | ISBN: 0833025147 | PDF | 5 MB
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 and communications systems are increasing the lethality of quite small units that can call in deadly, precise missile fire almost anywhere, anytime. In social conflicts, the Internet and other media are greatly empowering individuals and small groups to influence the behavior of states.