Information Warfare: Doing Battle in the 21st Century

Authors

  • Owen Hewitt

Keywords:

War, Information in Society

Abstract

 

This paper outlines Information Warfare as perceived by Western militaries. It maps out and defines Information Warfare as a multi-faceted strategy that relies on coherent and synchronized application of virtual and physical actions to achieve an objective. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of how all types of information need to be managed with regard to military force.

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2015-06-14

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Vol. 5 (2009)

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