Digital war a critical introduction / William Merrin.

Author/creator Merrin, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2019
Descriptionxi, 308 pages ; 26 cm
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Subjects
Cyberspace operations (Military science)--History.
Cyberterrorism--History.
Military art and science--Technological innovations. --History. --Case studies.
War--Technological innovations. --History. --Case studies.

Contents Introduction: a new field -- Top-down war: broadcasting conflict in the 1990s -- Non-war and virtual war: theorizing conflict in the 1990s -- Informational and networked war: remaking conflict in the 1990s -- The War on Terror: Reporting 9/11 and Afghanistan -- Shock and Awe: reporting the Iraq War -- From Abu Ghraib to Facebook: the end of military informational control -- Transparent war: the Wikileaks "war logs" -- Drone war: telepresent assassination -- Ambient war: cyberwar everywhere -- #participativewar: social media in Gaza and Syria -- Viral war: Islamic State's digital terror -- Augmented war: wearables, phones, soldier-systems, AR, simulations, sensors, exo-skeletons and BCI -- Algorithmic war: the A.I. and robotic RMA -- Conclusion: the clouds of war.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018008060
ISBN9781138899865 (hardback)
ISBN9781138899872 (pbk.)
ISBNebook