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The Evolution of Cyber War By Brian M. Mazanec

The Evolution of Cyber War by Brian M. Mazanec


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Employing five case studies of emerging-technology weapons--chemical and biological, strategic bombing, and nuclear weaponry--The Evolution of Cyber War predicts how constraining international norms for cyber warfare will develop in the future, and offers recommendations for concerned citizens and U.S. policymakers alike.

The Evolution of Cyber War Summary

The Evolution of Cyber War: International Norms for Emerging-Technology Weapons by Brian M. Mazanec

Former secretary of defense Leon Panetta once described cyber warfare as the most serious threat in the twenty-first century, capable of destroying our entire infrastructure and crippling the nation.

Already, major cyber attacks have affected countries around the world: Estonia in 2007, Georgia in 2008, Iran in 2010, and most recently the United States. As with other methods of war, cyber technology can be used not only against military forces and facilities but also against civilian targets. Information technology has enabled a new method of warfare that is proving extremely difficult to combat, let alone defeat.

And yet cyber warfare is still in its infancy, with innumerable possibilities and contingencies for how such conflicts may play out in the coming decades. Brian M. Mazanec examines the worldwide development of constraining norms for cyber war and predicts how those norms will unfold in the future. Employing case studies of other emerging-technology weaponschemical and biological, strategic bombing, and nuclear weaponryMazanec expands previous understandings of norm-evolution theory, offering recommendations for U.S. policymakers and citizens alike as they grapple with the reality of cyber terrorism in our own backyard.


The Evolution of Cyber War Reviews

"Mazanec certainly has the credentials and background to examine this topic. . . . Well written from start to finish."Lt. Col. George Hodge, Military Review
Will norms evolve for cyber warfare analogous to those . . . that have helped keep the world free from the use of nuclear weapons since 1945? This thoughtful and careful work parses this hugely important question with care and creativity. Bravo.R. James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Dr. Mazanecs pioneering work on cyber norms fills a void in the nascent canon of cyber-conflict knowledge and sets a path forward for further research. Informative and instructive for todays policymakers.Bob Gourley, former chief technology officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the first director of intelligence at the Joint Task Force on Computer Network Defense
Brian Mazanec has produced a stellar work by creating a set of norms and then applying them across different evolutions of weapons platforms.Jeffrey Carr, CEO of cyber security firm Taia Global, Inc., and author of Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld
The Evolution of Cyber Waris a significant contribution to the required canon for anyone interested in understanding this new prospective weapon of mass destruction.Keith Payne, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Forces Policy and current president of the National Institute for Public Policy

About Brian M. Mazanec

Brian M. Mazanec is an assistant director for defense capabilities and management with the U.S. government and an adjunct professor in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. He is the coauthor of Deterring Cyber Warfare: Bolstering Strategic Stability in Cyberspace, and his work has appeared in Strategic Studies Quarterly, the National Cybersecurity Institute Journal, Comparative Strategy, Politics and the Life Sciences, and the Journal of International Security Affairs.

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. General Norm Evolution Theory2. Norm Evolution for Chemical and Biological Weapons3. Norm Evolution for Strategic Bombing4. Norm Evolution for Nuclear Weapons5. Norm Evolution Theory for Emerging-Technology Weapons6. Predicting Norm Evolution for Cyber WarfareConclusions and RecommendationsAppendix: Background on Cyber WarfareNotesBibliographyIndex

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GOR007909243
9781612347639
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The Evolution of Cyber War: International Norms for Emerging-Technology Weapons by Brian M. Mazanec
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Potomac Books Inc
2015-11-01
352
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