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The modern means of communication have
turned the world into an information fishbowl and, in terms of
foreign policy and national security in post-Cold War power
politics, helped transform international power politics.
Information operations (IO), in which time zones are as important
as national boundaries, is the use of modern technology to deliver
critical information and influential content in an effort to shape
perceptions, manage opinions, and control behavior. Contemporary IO
differs from traditional psychological operations practiced by
nation-states, because the availability of low-cost high technology
permits nongovernmental organizations and rogue elements, such as
terrorist groups, to deliver influential content of their own as
well as facilitates damaging cyber-attacks (hactivism) on computer
networks and infrastructure. As current vice president Dick Cheney
once said, such technology has turned third-class powers into
first-class threats. Conceived as a textbook by instructors at the
Joint Command, Control, and Information Warfare School of the U.S.
Joint Forces Staff College and involving IO experts from several
countries, this book fills an important gap in the literature by
analyzing under one cover the military, technological, and
psychological aspects of information operations. The general reader
will appreciate the examples taken from recent history that reflect
the impact of IO on U.S. foreign policy, military operations, and
government organization. |
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| ISBN: 9781574886993 |
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