The Strategic Implications of Information Dominance
Abstract
The profound effects of the information revolution imply a need to reconsider many of the central tenets of military strategy, doctrine and organization. Indeed, dominance of the information spectrum may foster the emergence of a new paradigm of "control warfare" that will supersede its attrition- and maneuver-oriented predecessors. In the near term, this shift may allow a period in which smaller forces will prevail against much more numerous, thought less proficient, adversaries. Over time, though, the new strategies, doctrines and force postures will be imitated widely, leveling the field and allowing the reincorporation of older attritional and maneuver techniques.
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