Screen LibraryCybernetics, Warfare and Discourse : The Cybernetisation of Warfare in Britain /
This book critiques mainstream beliefs about cyberwarfare and forges a new path in the way of defining this largely misunderstood concept. Rather than outlining cyberspace as a new technology applied in military operations, here, Tsirigotis rallies against this technocentric account and establishes...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50847-4 |
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This book critiques mainstream beliefs about cyberwarfare and forges a new path in the way of defining this largely misunderstood concept. Rather than outlining cyberspace as a new technology applied in military operations, here, Tsirigotis rallies against this technocentric account and establishes how cyberspace, first and foremost, should be categorized as a new way to understand war and military power in the Information Age. Using genre analysis and Corpus Linguistics, the author scrutinizes how cyberspace has changed the way the UK comprehends war and military power, and how the cybernet |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVII, 176 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319508474 |
| Index Number: | JC11 |
| CLC: | D0 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1:Introduction -- Chapter 2: War and Military Power in the Information Age -- Chapter 3: Cybernetics, War and Power -- Chapter 4: British Defence and Security Policy-Making Practice -- Chapter 5: The Cybernetisation of the British Discourse on War -- Chapter 6: The Cybernetisation of the British Defence and Security Policy-Making Genre -- Chapter 7: Strategic Priorities for Britain After 1957 and New Perceptions of Military Power -- Chapter 8: Cybernetisation as a Tool of Analysis. . |