In Athena’s Camp
Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR880.htmlThe 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. Whether in military or social conflicts, all protagonists will soon be developing new doctrines, strategies, and tactics for swarming their opponents — with weapons or words, as circumstances require. Preparing for conflict in such a world will require shifting to new forms of organization, particularly the versatile, hardy, all-channel network. This shift will prove difficult for states and professional militaries that remain bastions of hierarchy, bound to resist institutional redesign.
They will make the shift as they realize that information and knowledge are becoming the key elements of power. This implies, among other things, that Mars, the old brute-force god of war, must give way to Athena, the well-armed goddess of wisdom. Accepting Athena as the patroness of this information age represents a first step not only for preparing for future conflicts, but also for preventing them.
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Preface PDF
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Acknowledgments PDF
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Foreword: The New Intangibles PDF
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Chapter One
A New Epoch — and Spectrum — of Conflict PDF
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Part I
The Revolution in Military Affairs
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Chapter Two
Cyberwar Is Coming! http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR880/MR880.ch2.pdf John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Chapter Three
Preparing for the Next War: Reflections on the Revolution in Military Affairs PDF
Stephen J. Blank
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Chapter Four
An Information-Based Revolution in Military Affairs PDF
Norman C. Davis
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Chapter Five
Another View of the Revolution in Military Affairs PDF
Jeffrey R. Cooper
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Chapter Six
Information, Power, and Grand Strategy: In Athena’s Camp — Section 1 PDF
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Part II
Information Warfare *
Chapter Seven
Warfare in the Information Age PDF
Bruce D. Berkowitz
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Chapter Eight
The Small and the Many PDF
Martin C. Libicki
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Chapter Nine
Information Warfare: Time for Some Constructive Skepticism? PDF
John Rothrock
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Chapter Ten
Emerging Challenge: Security and Safety in Cyberspace PDF
Richard O. Hundley and Robert H. Anderson
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Chapter Eleven
An Exploration of Cyberspace Security R&D Investment Strategies for DARPA PDF
Robert H. Anderson and Anthony C. Hearn
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Part III
Societal Perspectives
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Chapter Twelve
The Advent of Netwar PDF
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Chapter Thirteen
Societal Implications PDF
Brian Nichiporuk and Carl H. Builder
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Chapter Fourteen
Transnational Criminal Organisations and International Security PDF
Phil Williams
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Chapter Fifteen
Responding to Terrorism Across the Technological Spectrum(Electronic copy not available from RAND.) HTML
Bruce Hoffman
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Chapter Sixteen
A Comment on the Zapatista “Netwar” PDF
David Ronfeldt and Armando Martinez
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Part IV
Emerging Paradigms
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Chapter Seventeen
Neocortical Warfare? The Acme of Skill PDF
Richard Szafranski
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Chapter Eighteen
Information, Power, and Grand Strategy: In Athena’s Camp — Section 2 PDF
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Chapter Nineteen
Looking Ahead: Preparing for Information-Age Conflict PDF
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt
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Contributors PDF
