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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220137403321

Titolo

Networks and netwars : the future of terror, crime, and militancy / / edited by John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : Rand, 2001

ISBN

1-282-28276-X

9786612282768

0-8330-3235-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ArquillaJohn

RonfeldtDavid F

Disciplina

303.6/25

Soggetti

Information warfare

Cyberterrorism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Violence-prone netwars -- pt. 2. Social netwars -- pt. 3. Once and future netwars.

Sommario/riassunto

Netwar is the lower-intensity, societal-level counterpart to the editors earlier, mostly military concept of cyberwar. This volume studies major instances of netwar - such as bin Laden's network of terrorists - and finds, among other things, that netwar works very well.