Overview

The end of the Cold War, the Revolution in Military Affairs, 9/11 and the War on Terror have radically altered the nature of conflict and security in the Twenty-first Century. This book considers how developments in technology effect the prosecution of war and what the changing nature of warfare means for human rights and civil society.

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Author:   E. Halpin ,  P. Trevorrow ,  D. Webb ,  S. Wright
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2006
Weight:   0.355kg
ISBN:  

9781349541232

ISBN 10:   1349541230
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   01 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Glossary Preface; G.Chapman , D.Latella & C.Schaerf PART ONE: CYBERWAR, NETWAR AND THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS; DEFINING THE ISSUES Introduction: Defining the Issues; P.Trevorrow , S.Wright , D.C.Webb & E.F.Halpin Vitual Violence and Real War: Playing War in Computer Games: The Battle with Reality ; M.Bayer Strategic Information Warfare: An Introduction; G.P.Siroli PART TWO: IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROBLEM Virtuous Virtual War; J.Rantapelkonen Risks of Computer-Related Technology; P.G.Neumann Missile Defence - The First Steps towards War in Space?; D.C.Webb Technology as Source of Global Turbulence?; S.Fritsch Nuclear Weapons and the Vision of Command and Control; B.D.Larkin Information Warfare and the Laws of War; G.Darnton PART THREE: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES R.M.A.: The Russian Way; F.Pantelogiannis An Overview of the Research and Development of Information Warfare in China; Chris Wu PART FOUR: WHAT IS BEING DONE OR MUST BE DONE? A Bridge Too Far?; M.Moore Threat Assessment and Protective Measures: Extending the Asia-Europe Meeting IV Conclusions on Fighting International terrorism and other Instruments to Cyber Terrorism; M.Mauro Policy Laundering and Other Policy Dynamics; I.R.Hosein Conclusion; S.Wright, P.Trevorrow, D.Webb & E.Halpin Index

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MARTIN BAYER Correspondent for Germany for Jane's Defence Weekly GARY CHAPMAN Director of 'The 21st Century Project', University of Texas, USA GEOFFREY DARNTON Head of Knowledge Transfer, Institute of Business and Law, University of Bournemouth and Programme Leader for the MA in Information Systems Management, University of Bournemouth, UK STEFAN FRITSCH Lecturer in International Relations, Department of History and Political Science, University of Salzburg, Austria GUS HOSEIN Visiting Fellow, Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK BRUCE D. LARKIN Professor Emeritus of Politics, University of California, USA DIEGO LATELLA Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy MASSIMO MAURO Principal Administrator, Council of the European Union, Directorate-General C 1 (Internal Market) MIKE MOORE Contributing Editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists PETER G. NEUMANN Principal Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International, USA FANOURIOS PANTELOGIANNIS Research Fellow JARI RANTAPELKONEN Information Operations Instructor, National Defence College, Finland CARLO SCHAERF Professor of Physics, University of Rome, Italy GIAN PIERO SIROLI Lecturer in Computer and Network Security, Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Italy CHRIS WU Chief Editor of China Affairs and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern China

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