Wiki at war [electronic resource] : conflict in a socially networked world / James Jay Carafano.
Carafano, James Jay, 1955-
2012
HM851 .C36 2012eb
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Title Wiki at war [electronic resource] : conflict in a socially networked world / James Jay Carafano.
Author Carafano, James Jay, 1955-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781603446570 (electronic book)
9781603445863
1603445862
9781603446563
1603446567
Publication Details College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (326 p.) : ill.
Call Number HM851 .C36 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.48/33
Summary In 2011, amid the popular uprising against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the government sought in vain to shut down the Internet-based social networks of its people. WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been branded "public enemy number one" by some in the United States for posting material on the World Wide Web that concerns airstrikes in Iraq, US diplomatic communications, and other sensitive matters. In Wiki at War, James Jay Carafano explains why these and other Internet-born initiatives matter and how they are likely to affect the future face of war, diplomacy, and domestic politics. "The war for winning dominance over social networks and using that dominance to advantage is already underway," Carafano writes in this extremely timely analysis of the techno-future of information and the impact of social networking via the Internet. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of history and defense strategy, Carafano creates a cogent analysis of what is truly new about the "new media," and what is simply a recasting of human warfare in contemporary forms. Wiki at War is written in a lively, accessible style that will make this technological development comprehensible and engaging for general readers without sacrificing the book's usefulness to specialists. Outlining the conditions under which a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind, detailing how ancient wisdom can still apply to national security decisions, and examining the conditions under which new expertise is required to wage effective diplomacy or successful military strategy, Carafano casts in stark relief the issues that face political, military, and social leaders in trying to manage and control information, in both the international and domestic arenas. Wiki at War affords stimulating thought about and definitive discussion of this vital emerging topic.
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Prologue: Mad scientists and fighter pilots
Mongols and mullahs
Star Trek and superhighways
Dragons, bears, cutthroats, and criminals
Keystone Cops and the fog of war
Cheerleaders, pornographers, and unemployed engineers
Anciens régimes and the government after next
Weird science and dark horizons
Epilogue: The art of war and wiki war.

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