Creating Rules of Engagement for Information Warfare: Examining the Policy Implications of International Law.

Abstract

Achieving the full revolutionary impact of information warfare requires distinguishing the methods of information attack from other forms of warfare on policy and legal grounds. Information attack represents a revolutionary new form of warfare from a legal perspective because it allows a severe effect, and therefore intense coercion, to occur with little or no violence and little traditional destruction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328161

Entities

People

  • William A. Roig

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collateral Damage
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Crisis Management
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Employment
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Military Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Security
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design