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Title Information operations : warfare and the hard reality of soft power / edited by Leigh Armistead
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : illustrations
Series Brassey's issues in twenty-first century warfare
Issues in twenty-first century warfare.
Contents Foundations: The Language of Information Operations -- Intelligence Support: Foundations for Conducting IO -- Information Protection: The Challenge to Modern Bureaucracies -- Information Projection: Shaping the Global Village -- Related and Supporting Activities: Organize, Train, and Equip -- Implementing IO: Recent Campaigns -- Conclusion: What Is the Future of Information Operations? -- Endnotes -- About the Contributors -- Index
Summary Fourteen American and Australian educators and practitioners--most associated with the Joint Forces Staff College, others with various branches of the U.S. or Australian national security communities--contribute six chapters on information operations (IO)--the use of modern technology to deliver critical information and influential content in an effort to shape perceptions, manage opinions, and control behavior in national security affairs. Originally conceived as a textbook for Joint Forces Staff College students, the text traces the history of IO from a doctrinal standpoint and with regard to organizational changes and educational efforts, and covers the capabilities and related activities of information warfare
Notes "A textbook produced in conjunction with the Joint Forces Staff College and the National Security Agency."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT USA National Security Agency gnd
Subject Information warfare.
Information warfare -- United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Information warfare
Military policy
Agitation
Beeinflussung
Informationsbeschaffung
Informationsfluss
Informationsnetz
Informationstechnik
Psychologische Kriegführung
SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
Subject United States
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Armistead, Leigh, 1962-
Joint Forces Staff College (U.S.)
United States. National Security Agency/Central Security Service.
LC no. 2004006372
ISBN 9781597973557
1597973556