- Hardcover: 257 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster International The Free Press; 1st. Edition edition (22 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743212495
- ISBN-13: 978-0743212496
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 106,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A military insider and top-level defence strategist presents a chilling picture of warfare in the Information Age: who, what and where the threats are coming from and what we can do to protect ourselves. When George W. Bush learned of the attack on the World Trade Centre, he turned to his aides and said 'you're seeing the face of war in the twenty-first century'. 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. While dissecting the essential features of this new cyberwar, were combatants use stealth to deploy weapons of mass destruction, Berkowitz argues that we must build crucial links between the government and the private sector, which controls most information systems and the worldwide flow of digital
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Bruce Berkowitz is a research fellow at Stanford University and a senior analyst at RAND. He is currently a consultant at the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community. A widely published author and a contributor to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Analysis combined with Short History
30 Nov 2003
Format:Hardcover
To clarify - if 3 1/2 stars were available that is where my gut would have put this book. Whilst this book serves a good historical perspective of the evolution of information age warfare in US Government and Civil Agencies (and in particular the DoD) it left me a tad disappointed. The author definitely, as highlighted in other reviews, makes some extremely pertinent points (nuggets is probably an apt description) on the future of war how it may be fought he perhaps doesn't pursue these as far as I would have hoped and I was left with the impression that the book, whilst an interesting and easy read, was unnecessarily 'padded' out with historical examples. This aside, it is easy to criticise, and I wish to note that Chapter 12 dealing with assassination in the information age is a particulary good discussion.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Chocked full of good ideas
22 Aug 2003
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Berkowitz's new book is a terrific follow-on to his previous title, "Best Truth". Rather than focusing on the intelligence community, in this title he takes a long, hard look at current state and direction of the armed forces and gives the reader real insight into how the military can be and is being improved.
In order to acheive this, he leans heavily on recent history and the ideas of his contemporaries. One of the ways in which this manifests itself is in examining the strategic brilliance (albeit evil) of the 11 September attacks. In this attack the embedded enemy combatants were well into the execution phase of their OODA cycle before the US became aware of the presence of enemy. Bruce breaks this down into its key components and shows how the US has leveraged the concept of embedding in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also shows how superior information can be such a force multiplier that enemy troop counts become irrelevant to the campaign.
If you've admired the work of Drs. Ronfeldt and Arquilla then you should definitely pick up this book. It leverages their work and shows clearly how swarming and zapping can be applied at an army or fleet level.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The Two Faces Of The Book
11 Feb 2005
Format:Hardcover
At the risk of being repetitive, I too will comment on the fact that the title of the book and the dust jacket description seem to be two to three steps removed from the actual writings of the author. Now it could be that I had an unfair expectation, but I expected the book to focus more on how the military uses the new technology available to it to fight wars. I was looking for detailed explanations about how a military unit goes into to battle and fights. With this said the book offered more of a last 50 years review of how technology has changed the way we plan for war, build and buy weapons systems, and overall espionage. An interested topic, but not one that was advertised.
I do not read a vast number of these types of books so the rather high level review of many of the topics was enough for me. I can see how if you are well read on the topic and / or work in the fields discussed, this book could come across as light weight, but for a novice it was an interesting review of the topic. The author has a nice light and easy writing style that keeps the reader interested during some entertainingly dangerous technical discussions. I also really liked the side stories the author peppered through the book about topics as diverse as how this computer was designed or how this bit of espionage trick was created. I also picked up on a sense of humor that could be described as being influenced by Star Trek conventions and Dilbert books. Overall I enjoyed the book. I was disappointed at the misrepresentation of the title and could have done with some more detail, but overall it was an interesting easy book to read.
I do not read a vast number of these types of books so the rather high level review of many of the topics was enough for me. I can see how if you are well read on the topic and / or work in the fields discussed, this book could come across as light weight, but for a novice it was an interesting review of the topic. The author has a nice light and easy writing style that keeps the reader interested during some entertainingly dangerous technical discussions. I also really liked the side stories the author peppered through the book about topics as diverse as how this computer was designed or how this bit of espionage trick was created. I also picked up on a sense of humor that could be described as being influenced by Star Trek conventions and Dilbert books. Overall I enjoyed the book. I was disappointed at the misrepresentation of the title and could have done with some more detail, but overall it was an interesting easy book to read.
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