| Information Operations Matters: Best Practices Contributor(s): Armistead, E. Leigh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1597974366 ISBN-13: 9781597974363 Publisher: Potomac Books OUR PRICE: $20.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: A new approach to U.S. information operations |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Computers | Information Technology |
| Dewey: 355.343 |
| LCCN: 2010007938 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduced in 1998 by the Department of Defense, the concept of information operations (IO) proposed to revolutionize the ways in which warfare, diplomacy, and business were conducted. However, this transformation has not come to fruition. Two large gaps remain: between policy and theory, and between the funding needs of IO initiatives and the actual funds the federal bureaucracy is willing to provide to support these operations. These two discrepancies are central to the overall discussions of Information Operations Matters. Leigh Armistead explains why these gaps exist and suggests ways to close them. Also in discussing best practices in IO, he clarifies how the key agencies of the U.S. government can use the inherent power of information to better conduct future strategic communication campaigns. Information Operations Matters presents a more pragmatic approach to IO, recommending that IO policy be made surrounding usable concepts, definitions, theories, and capabilities that are attainable with the resources available. To meet the threats of the future as well as those facing us today, Armistead argues, it is necessary to use this new area of operations to the greatest extent possible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Armistead, E. Leigh: - Lt. Cdr. Edwin L. Armistead, USN, is a naval flight officer and former instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force Command and Staff Colleges, and he is a doctoral candidate at Edith Cowan University. Armistead has published two books on the Navy's early warning aircraft and numerous articles in professional journals. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
