Carnage and connectivity : landmarks in the decline of conventional military power / David Betz.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Oxford University Press, 2015Description: ix, 261 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780190264857 (hbk.) :
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Book | Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf | 355.03 BET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 46707-1001 | ||
Book | Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah - Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Library On-Shelf | 355.03 BET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 46707-2001 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.
David Betz's book explains the huge and disruptive implications of connectivity for the practice of warfare. The tactical ingenuity of opponents to confound or drop below the treshold of sophisticated weapons systems means war remains the realm of chance and probability. Increasing, though, the conflicts of our time are less contests of arms than wars of hearts and minds conducted on a mass scale through multimedia communications networks. The most pernicious challengers to the status quo are not states but ever more powerful non-state actors.
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