The New Face of War : How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century by Bruce Berkowitz
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Description: As American and coalition troops fight the first battles of this new century — from Afghanistan to Yemen to the Philippines to Iraq — they do so in ways never before seen. Until recently, information war was but one piece of a puzzle, more than a sideshow in war but far less than the sum total of the game. Today, however, we find information war revolutionizing combat, from top to bottom. Gone are the advantages of fortified positions — nothing is impregnable any longer. Gone is the reason to create an overwhelming mass of troops — now, troop concentrations merely present easier targets. Instead, stealth, swarming, and “zapping” (precision strikes on individuals or equipment) are the order of the day, based on superior information and lightning-fast decision-making. In many ways, modern warfare is information warfare.
In THE NEW FACE OF WAR, former CIA analyst and senior defence consultant at RAND, Bruce Berkowitz paints a sobering picture of warfare in the information age. From the amorphous ‘front lines’ of this war, Berkowitz defines and identifies the new enemies. Citing examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and the war on terrorism, he explains the development of these fighting networks – semi-autonomous cells of fighters armed with potent weapons and linked together by flexible, secure communications systems that can span the entire globe.
The New Face of War is a crucial guidebook for reading the headlines from across our troubled planet.
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