LEADER 04240nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910220083503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45148-0 010 $a9786612451485 010 $a0-8330-4332-3 010 $a0-585-24648-3 035 $a(CKB)111004368713858 035 $a(EBL)475083 035 $a(OCoLC)536286234 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12096592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243432 035 $a(PQKB)10882587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475083 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2004611 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475083 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368713858 100 $a19980805d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe zapatista "social netwar" in Mexico /$fDavid Ronfeldt ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRand$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $a"Prepared for the U.S. Army, RAND Arroyo Center." 311 $a0-8330-2656-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-168). 327 $aCover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Chapter One - An Insurgency Becomes a Social Netwar; Chapter Two - The Advent of Netwar: Analytic Background; Definition of Netwar; Networks Versus Hierarchies: Challenges for Counter netwar; Varieties of Netwar; Mexico - Scene of Multiple Netwars; Chapter Three Emergence of the Zapatista Netwar; Three Layers to the Zapatista Movement; The Indigenas: Growing Desperation and Politicization; The EZLN: Mixture of Vertical and Horizontal Designs; Activist NGOs: Global, Regional, and Local Networks; On the Eve of War 327 $aChapter Four - Mobilization for Conflict The EZLN in Combat - a ""War of the FLea""; Transnational NGO Mobilization - a ""War of the Swarm""; Chapter Five - Transformation of the Conflict; Zapatista Emphasis on ""Information Operations""; Attenuation and Restructuring of Combat Operations; Government Efforts at Counternetwar; Chapter Six - The Netwar Simmers-and Diffuses; Situational Standoff; From the EZLN to the EPR-Diffusion in Mexico; The Zapatista Netwar Goes Global; Assessments of the EZNL/Zapatista Movement; Actors to Watch: the Military and the NGOs 327 $aBasic Implication for U.S. Military Policy: ""Guarded Openness""Chapter Seven - Beyond Mexico; Toward a Demography of Social Netwar; Evolution of Organization, Doctrine, and Strategy; Favorable Conditions for Social Netwar; Challenges to Authoritarian Systems; Implications for the U.S. Army and Military Strategy; Concluding Comment; Appendix A - Chronology of the Zapatista Social Netwar (1994 - 1996); Appendix B - Rethinking Mexico's Stability and Transformability; Bibliography 330 $aThe information revolution is leading to the rise of network forms of organization in which small, previously isolated groups can communicate, link up, and conduct coordinated joint actions as never before. This in turn is leading to a new mode of conflict--netwar--in which the protagonists depend on using network forms of organization, doctrine, strategy, and technology. Many actors across the spectrum of conflict--from terrorists, guerrillas, and criminals who pose security threats, to social activists who may not--are developing netwar designs and capabilities. The Zapatista movement in Mex 606 $aNational security$zMexico 606 $aInternet$xSocial aspects$zMexico 606 $aInformation networks$xSocial aspects$zMexico 606 $aPublic opinion$zMexico 607 $aChiapas (Mexico)$xHistory$yPeasant Uprising, 1994-$xPropaganda 607 $aMexico$xMilitary policy 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aInternet$xSocial aspects 615 0$aInformation networks$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a972/.750836 701 $aRonfeldt$b David F$0891490 712 02$aArroyo Center. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220083503321 996 $aThe zapatista "social netwar" in Mexico$91991245 997 $aUNINA