The Profession of Arms in the Information Age

Abstract

Information is a potent investment in war. The military subscribes to this idea and calls it information warfare, defined as any actions that deny, exploit, corrupt, or destroy enemy information and its functions; protect us from such actions; and exploit friendly military information functions. To some, information warfare simply means using information to achieve national objectives-a form of war about who knows what, when, where, and why and just how well we know both ourselves and our enemy. Its target seems to be the human mind. Information dominance has thus become a prerequisite for fighting future wars.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA528617

Entities

People

  • Arsenio T. Gumahad Ii

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Doctrine
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies