The Advent of Netwar (Revisited)

Abstract

This introductory chapter provides a reprise of many of the points we have made about the netwar concept since 1993. In this book, we depict netwar as having two major faces, like the Roman god Janus one dominated by terrorists and criminals that is quite violent and negative, and another evinced by social activists that can be militant but is often peaceable and even promising for societies. Indeed, the book is structured around this theme.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA485228

Entities

People

  • David Ronfeldt
  • John Arquilla

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Internet
  • New York
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.