Information as a Weapon : Reality versus Promises

By Major YuLin G. Whitehead, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170875
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Reproduction Date: 10/24/2012

Title:	Information as a Weapon : Reality versus Promises
Author:	Major YuLin G. Whitehead, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Information Warfare
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago Yulin G. Whitehead, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Information as a Weapon : Reality versus Promises. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The study investigates whether information as a weapon can achieve the purposes of war. Specifically, can the use of the “information weapon” diminish an adversary’s will and capacity to fight. The results indicate that while information may be considered a weapon, it is one that must be used with caution. The more enthusiastic proponents of the information weapon tend to overestimate its ability to diminish enemy will and capacity to fight.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . 6 2 CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ—TIMELESS AND ENDURING . . . . . 9 Notes . . . . . 14 3 INFORMATION—THE ULTIMATE PRECISON-GUIDED WEAPON . . . . 17 Notes . . . . . 23 4 ANALYSIS—IS INFORMATION A WEAPON? . . . . 27 Notes . . . . . 35 5 IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION . . . . 37 Notes . . . . 39