Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries and Reality

Fairfax, VA: AFCEA International Press, 1998. May be later printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. vi, 403, [7] pages. Tables. Figures. Endnotes. Glossary. As an Air Force staff officer, Alan Campen spent four years at Strategic Air Command headquarters working on capabilities for surviving nuclear attacks. The colonel later worked on survivable high-frequency and satellite-based communications. Col. Campen served for four years on the Air Staff in the Pentagon before assuming command of the Air Force Communications Service (AFCS) United Kingdom (UK) Region and the role of assistant chief of staff, communications, U.S. Air Force, 3rd Air Force. The colonel then assumed his final posting as commander, Defense Communications Agency-Europe. He accepted a political appointment in the Reagan administration as director, command and control policy, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. In this position, he defined civilian use of military Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities. Douglas H. Dearth was Course Director, Joint Military Intelligence Training Center, Defense Intelligence Agency and Senior Adjunct Faculty, UK Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, Chicksands. The information age confronts us with a new and troubling definition of war and warfare. Those who fight, what they fight about, the weapons they wield, the targets they choose, the rules of engagement, the laws, ethics and mores that govern human behavior in conflict have changed. This is a book about the struggle for the new coin of the realm-information. Contributors include: Thomas Rona, Winn Schwartau, Roger Beaumont, and Dan Kuehl. Topics include: Cyber Warfare, Information War, Encryption, Crime, Terrorism, Psychological Operations, Infosphere, Military Operations, Hacking, Cyber Security, Crypto Policy, Human Factors, Information Operations, Command and Control, INFOCORPS, Peacekeeping, Connectivity, Infrastructure Assurance.