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In this challenging and imaginative book, David Betz explores the interaction of violent conflict with the connectivity that defines the modern world, and shows the confusion this causes to those who still prefer to think of war in terms of regular armies fighting decisive battles. -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, author of Strategy: A History It has become fashionable to speak vaguely about security threats that emerge from 'globalisation.' Defence strategy, however, must rest on more than amorphous language; it must be grounded in an understanding of continuities in the nature of war as well as changes in the character of armed conflict. David Betz's book may have arrived just in time to rescue us from flawed conventional wisdom and lend clarity to our thinking about national and international security. -- H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam Betz provides much food for thought regarding the nature of war and the nature of connectivity. The two now co-exist, but neither has truly altered the other, just how we relate to them. -- Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army War College Carnage and Connectivity is a timely, erudite, and even-handed assessment of the Information Revolution's impact on the conduct of war. Heavily laced with keen insights and incisive commentary, the book debunks the hyperbole and putatively paradigm-changing properties of the cyber domain. Betz's views will be of immediate utility to the defence policy and academic communities on both sides of the Atlantic. -- F. G. Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University, USA

"""In this challenging and imaginative book, David Betz explores the interaction of violent conflict with the connectivity that defines the modern world, and shows the confusion this causes to those who still prefer to think of war in terms of regular armies fighting decisive battles."" -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, author of Strategy: A History ""It has become fashionable to speak vaguely about security threats that emerge from 'globalisation.' Defence strategy, however, must rest on more than amorphous language; it must be grounded in an understanding of continuities in the nature of war as well as changes in the character of armed conflict. David Betz's book may have arrived just in time to rescue us from flawed conventional wisdom and lend clarity to our thinking about national and international security."" -- H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam ""Betz provides much food for thought regarding the nature of war and the nature of connectivity. The two now co-exist, but neither has truly altered the other, just how we relate to them."" -- Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army War College ""Carnage and Connectivity is a timely, erudite, and even-handed assessment of the Information Revolution's impact on the conduct of war. Heavily laced with keen insights and incisive commentary, the book debunks the hyperbole and putatively paradigm-changing properties of the cyber domain. Betz's views will be of immediate utility to the defence policy and academic communities on both sides of the Atlantic."" -- F. G. Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University, USA"

In this challenging and imaginative book, David Betz explores the interaction of violent conflict with the connectivity that defines the modern world, and shows the confusion this causes to those who still prefer to think of war in terms of regular armies fighting decisive battles. -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, author of Strategy: A History It has become fashionable to speak vaguely about security threats that emerge from 'globalisation.' Defence strategy, however, must rest on more than amorphous language; it must be grounded in an understanding of continuities in the nature of war as well as changes in the character of armed conflict. David Betz's book may have arrived just in time to rescue us from flawed conventional wisdom and lend clarity to our thinking about national and international security. -- H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam Betz provides much food for thought regarding the nature of war and the nature of connectivity. The two now co-exist, but neither has truly altered the other, just how we relate to them. -- Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army War College Carnage and Connectivity is a timely, erudite, and even-handed assessment of the Information Revolution's impact on the conduct of war. Heavily laced with keen insights and incisive commentary, the book debunks the hyperbole and putatively paradigm-changing properties of the cyber domain. Betz's views will be of immediate utility to the defence policy and academic communities on both sides of the Atlantic. -- F. G. Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University, USA

In this challenging and imaginative book, David Betz explores the interaction of violent conflict with the connectivity that defines the modern world, and shows the confusion this causes to those who still prefer to think of war in terms of regular armies fighting decisive battles. -- Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, author of Strategy: A History 'Betz provides much food for thought regarding the nature of war and the nature of connectivity. The two now co-exist, but neither has truly altered the other, just how we relate to them. -- Antulio J. Echevarria II, US Army War College It has become fashionable to speak vaguely about security threats that emerge from 'globalisation.' Defence strategy, however, must rest on more than amorphous language; it must be grounded in an understanding of continuities in the nature of war as well as changes in the character of armed conflict. David Betz's book may have arrived just in time to rescue us from flawed conventional wisdom and lend clarity to our thinking about national and international security. -- H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam Carnage and Connectivity is a timely, erudite, and even-handed assessment of the Information Revolution's impact on the conduct of war. Heavily laced with keen insights and incisive commentary, the book debunks the hyperbole and putatively paradigm-changing properties of the cyber domain. Betz's views will be of immediate utility to the defence policy and academic communities on both sides of the Atlantic. -- F. G. Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University, USA

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David Betz is a senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He is the author, most recently (with Tim Stevens) of Cyberspace and the State: Toward a Strategy for Cyberpower (IISS, 2011).

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