Influence Warfare : How Terrorist and Governments fight to shape perceptions in a War of Ideas
| Author | : | James J.F. Forest |
| Year of Publication | : | 2010 |
| Publisher | : | Pentagon Press |
| ISBN - 13 | : | 9780313347313 |
| Edition | : | First |
| Language | : | English |
| Binding | : | Hardcover |
| Subject | : | Warfare |
About the Book :
In an era where anyone can have access to the Internet or
other media forms that make widespread communication easy, terrorists and
insurgents can spread their messages with complete freedom, creating challenges
for national security. Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments
Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas focuses on the core of the
ongoing struggle for strategic influence and, particularly, how states can
counter the role media and the Internet play in radicalizing new agents of
terrorism.
As the book makes clear, governments need to find ways to effectively confront
non-state adversaries at all levels of the information domain and create an
understanding of strategic communications within a broad range of technologies.
The essays from the international group of authors who contributed to this work
offer a deeper understanding of the ongoing struggle. Influence Warfare also
provides a set of case studies that illustrate how the means and methods of
strategic influence can impact a nation`s security.
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