Information Operations: Warfare and the Hard Reality of Soft Power
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...
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Explains the critical importance of information operations in future conflict
Ch. 1Foundations : the language of information operations9Ch. 2Intelligence support : foundations for conducting IO49Ch. 3Information protection : the challenge to modern bureaucracies65Ch. 4Information projection : shaping the global village111Ch. 5Related and supporting activities : organize, train, and equip163Ch. 6Implementing IO : recent campaigns189Conclusion : what is the future of information operations?231
