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The New Face Of War : How War Will Be Fought In The 21st Century Hardcover – 22 April 2003

by Bruce D. Berkowitz (Author)
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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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  1. ISBN-10
    0743212495
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0743212496
  3. Edition
    First Edition
  4. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster International The Free Press
  5. Publication date
    22 April 2003
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    16.05 x 2.57 x 23.77 cm
  8. Print length
    257 pages
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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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster International The Free Press; First Edition (22 April 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743212495
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743212496
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.05 x 2.57 x 23.77 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Maurice Opotowsky
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to make you think about the future
Reviewed in the United States on 17 January 2019
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Fascinating book that helped me re-evaluate the future of conflict and business.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 新しい戦争・戦略のあり方
Reviewed in Japan on 17 August 2003
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本書は湾岸戦争，９・ï¼'ï¼'のテロ，アフガンでのタリバン掃討作戦そã-てフセインæ"¿æ¨©æ‰"å€'ã‚'目的とã-た今回のイラク戦争ã‚'とおã-て今æ-¥ã®æˆ¦äº‰ã®ã‚ã‚Šæ-¹ï¼Œç‰¹å¾'ã‚'解説ã-ています。９・ï¼'ï¼'以降，戦争のありæ-¹ï¼Œè€ƒãˆæ-¹ãŒç±³å›½å†...で急激に変åŒ-ã-ています。神経質なまでにãƒ-ッシュはテロ組ç¹"æ‰"å€'に固守する理ç"±ã¯ãã"にあります。つまり，ç§'学技è¡"の進歩により，小国家のみならず国家のä½"ã‚'なさないグルーãƒ-でも大国アメリカに大æ‰"æ'ƒã‚'与えるã"とが可能になったという事実です。ã-かã-，だからと言って，ç§'学技è¡"の拡散ã‚'æŠ'えるã"とが，å¿...ずã-も米国の安å...¨ä¿éšœä¸Šå¾-ç­-にもならないというジレンマ。また，インターネットに代表されるIT技è¡"は，戦争の勝æ•-ã‚'左右する決定的因子になるものの，ハッカーがネットワークã‚'ä»!‹ã-て国家機密にアクセスã-，国家の存亡にé-¢ã‚ã‚‹ã‚ˆã†ãªãƒ†ãƒ­è¡Œç‚ºã‚'行いå¾-る可能性は極めて低いã"と。また，同様にハッカーが社会的インフラにè‡'å'½çš„損害ã‚'与える可能性も低いã"とが説明されています。本書は，米国のè¦-点から今後の戦争のありæ-¹ï¼Œã¾ãŸãã®é˜²å¾¡ã®æ-¹æ³•ã«ã¤ã„て触れていますが，その考えæ-¹ã¯ã‚ãŒå›½ã«ã‚‚適応できるものです。わが国の防衛æ"¿ç­-のありæ-¹ã‚„，最è¿'è­°è«-されている住基ネット問題についても，本書の延長線上で考察するã"とが可能です。また，スマート爆弾など最æ-°ã®æŠ€è¡"ã‚'駆使ã-たå...µå™¨ãŒæˆ¦å 'で使われていますが，戦争とは最終的には一般市æ°'が血ã‚'流すものであるã"とã‚'本書は指æ'˜ã-ています。
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pragmatic and On Target
Reviewed in the United States on 20 March 2006
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Of all the books currently coming out about modern warfare, THE NEW FACE OF WAR by Bruce Berkowitz is conceptual and pragmatic more than political and personal. Its focus is on the vital role of information and communications, and he makes a cogent case for the primary importance of information in modern warfare by showing the evolving role of both in war, as well as the evolving nature of war, before zeroing in on the present. Not clogged with technical jargon, yet cogent, this book is excellent though being three years old, some of his final conclusions about modern information warfare may no longer hold true.
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