The Virtual Weapon and International Order.
Kello, Lucas.
The Virtual Weapon and International Order. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (333 pages)
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Permanent Revolution -- Aims and Argument -- Plan of the Book -- PART I THEORY AND CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER 1 The Quest for Cyber Theory -- The Clash of Conceptions -- The Congress of Disciplines -- Schools of Skepticism -- Costs of the Scholarship Gap -- Conceptual and Technical Rudiments for Cyber Studies -- The Necessity for Theoretical Departures -- CHAPTER 2 The Cyber Curse COMPLICATIONS OF DEFENSE -- The Question of Threat Inflation -- The Potency of Cyberweapons -- Complications of Defense -- The State of Unpeace -- CHAPTER 3 Technological Revolution and International Order -- The Challenge of Technological Revolution -- The Conventional Model of the International System -- Varieties of Revolution: A Conceptual Framework -- The Question of Technological Determinism -- Technological Revolution: Pathways of Impact and Control -- Theory in Revolutionary Times -- PART II DEGREES OF THE CYBER REVOLUTION -- CHAPTER 4 Third-Order Cyber Revolution PROBLEMS OF INADVERTENT CONFLICT -- Limits of the Revolution -- Technological Volatility -- The Signature of Power: The Attribution Problem -- The Offense-Defense Balance -- The Depth of Power: Conflict at the Speed of Electrons -- Escalatory Dangers -- CHAPTER 5 Second-Order Cyber Revolution THE PROBLEM OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STATE -- Technology and the Revolutionary State -- The House of Kim: Profile of a Revolutionary State -- The Virtual Weapon as a Revolutionary Instrument of North Korea -- Restraining the Revolutionary State -- CHAPTER 6 First-Order Cyber Revolution PRESSURES FROM OUTSIDE THE STATES SYSTEM -- The Sovereignty Gap -- The Prejudice of Theory -- Ease of Proliferation: High Walls and Shallow Moats -- Defense Fragmentation -- Collision of Two Worlds. A Cyber Breakdown? -- The Sovereignty Gap: Convergence and Collision -- PART III PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY AND POLICY -- CHAPTER 7 The Deterrence Puzzle DOCTRINAL PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES -- Doctrinal Problems -- The High Spectrum of Action: Deterrence and Conflict Escalation -- The Middle Spectrum of Action: The Accretional Principle and Punctuated Deterrence -- CHAPTER 8 Russia and Cyberspace MANIFESTATIONS OF THE REVOLUTION -- A Virtual Demonstration Shot -- Russian Information Warfare: History Meets the Present -- Subversion of the Democratic Process -- CHAPTER 9 Private Sector Active Defense AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO THE SOVEREIGNTY GAP? -- The Sovereignty Gap Revisited -- The Meaning of Active Defense -- The Current State of Affairs -- Arming of the Private Sector: Strategic Benefits and Risks -- Convergence at the Cost of Collision -- CHAPTER 10 Cyber Futures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "The Virtual Weapon and International Order".
9780300226294
Cyberspace operations (Military science).
Electronic books.
U167.5.C92.K46 2017
355.4
The Virtual Weapon and International Order. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (333 pages)
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Permanent Revolution -- Aims and Argument -- Plan of the Book -- PART I THEORY AND CONCEPTS -- CHAPTER 1 The Quest for Cyber Theory -- The Clash of Conceptions -- The Congress of Disciplines -- Schools of Skepticism -- Costs of the Scholarship Gap -- Conceptual and Technical Rudiments for Cyber Studies -- The Necessity for Theoretical Departures -- CHAPTER 2 The Cyber Curse COMPLICATIONS OF DEFENSE -- The Question of Threat Inflation -- The Potency of Cyberweapons -- Complications of Defense -- The State of Unpeace -- CHAPTER 3 Technological Revolution and International Order -- The Challenge of Technological Revolution -- The Conventional Model of the International System -- Varieties of Revolution: A Conceptual Framework -- The Question of Technological Determinism -- Technological Revolution: Pathways of Impact and Control -- Theory in Revolutionary Times -- PART II DEGREES OF THE CYBER REVOLUTION -- CHAPTER 4 Third-Order Cyber Revolution PROBLEMS OF INADVERTENT CONFLICT -- Limits of the Revolution -- Technological Volatility -- The Signature of Power: The Attribution Problem -- The Offense-Defense Balance -- The Depth of Power: Conflict at the Speed of Electrons -- Escalatory Dangers -- CHAPTER 5 Second-Order Cyber Revolution THE PROBLEM OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STATE -- Technology and the Revolutionary State -- The House of Kim: Profile of a Revolutionary State -- The Virtual Weapon as a Revolutionary Instrument of North Korea -- Restraining the Revolutionary State -- CHAPTER 6 First-Order Cyber Revolution PRESSURES FROM OUTSIDE THE STATES SYSTEM -- The Sovereignty Gap -- The Prejudice of Theory -- Ease of Proliferation: High Walls and Shallow Moats -- Defense Fragmentation -- Collision of Two Worlds. A Cyber Breakdown? -- The Sovereignty Gap: Convergence and Collision -- PART III PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY AND POLICY -- CHAPTER 7 The Deterrence Puzzle DOCTRINAL PROBLEMS AND REMEDIES -- Doctrinal Problems -- The High Spectrum of Action: Deterrence and Conflict Escalation -- The Middle Spectrum of Action: The Accretional Principle and Punctuated Deterrence -- CHAPTER 8 Russia and Cyberspace MANIFESTATIONS OF THE REVOLUTION -- A Virtual Demonstration Shot -- Russian Information Warfare: History Meets the Present -- Subversion of the Democratic Process -- CHAPTER 9 Private Sector Active Defense AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO THE SOVEREIGNTY GAP? -- The Sovereignty Gap Revisited -- The Meaning of Active Defense -- The Current State of Affairs -- Arming of the Private Sector: Strategic Benefits and Risks -- Convergence at the Cost of Collision -- CHAPTER 10 Cyber Futures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "The Virtual Weapon and International Order".
9780300226294
Cyberspace operations (Military science).
Electronic books.
U167.5.C92.K46 2017
355.4