Info Ops History
- See also same section on Intelligence page
- Tactical Information Operations in Kosovo (local copy), by Romanych and Krumm, in Military Review, Sep-Oct 2004
- Sun Tzu on the Art of War (local copy) of 1910 translation by Lionel Giles
- Sun Tzu Art of War in Information Warfare, INSS, NDU Press
- See also other Sun Tzu references and Boyd (OODA loop) and other Military Theorists
- Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
- Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
- Cryptology in the 16th and 17th Centuries, by Leary, in Cryptologia
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Wikipedia article
- The Protocols of the (Learned) Elders of Zion, also The Protocols of the Sages of Zion or The Protocols of Zion..., is an anti-Semitic text purporting to describe a plan to achieve global domination by the Jewish people. Following its first public publication in 1903 in the Russian Empire, numerous independent investigations have repeatedly proven the writing to be a hoax; notably, a series of articles printed in The Times of London in 1921 revealed that much of the material was directly plagiarized from earlier works of political satire unrelated to Jews. Nevertheless, some people continue to view it as factual, especially in parts of the world where anti-Semitism is widespread.
- The Protocols are widely considered to be the beginning of contemporary conspiracy theory literature....
- The Encyclopædia Britannica describes the Protocols as a "fraudulent document that served as a pretext and rationale for anti-Semitism in the early 20th century".
Books, Booklets & Monographs
- See also books and monographs on Influence Ops page
- See also speculative fiction on Related Topics page
- DoD Command and Control Research Program (DoD CCRP) - includes downloadable books and other publications
- 50 Cyber Questions Every Airman Can Answer (local copy), by Jabbour, AFRL
- Shifting Fire: Information Effects in Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations: a Workshop Report (local copy), by Collins and Rohozinski, U.S. Army War College, Nov 2006
(abridged version)
- The World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, by Friedman, 2005
- Battle-Wise: Gaining Advantage in Networked Warfare (local copy), by Gompert, Lachow, and Perkins, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, NDU, 2005 - with sections on Exploiting Information in Messy Conditions, Adapting to Networked Adversaries, Reforming Command and Control, and more
- The Nature of War in the Information Age: Clausewitzian Future, by Lonsdale, 2004
- Knowledge Management and Information Technology (Know-IT Encyclopedia) (local copy), by Pollock, Defense Acquisition University Press, Sep 2002
- from Malcolm Gladwell
- Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game, by Torie Clarke, 2006
- Winning, by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch 2005
- Framing Terrorism: The News Media, the Government, and the Public, by Pippa Norris, Montague Kern, Marion Just – Editors, 2003
- The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently… and Why, by Richard Nisbett, 2003
- Armed Conflict in the 21st Century: the Information Revolution and Post-Modern Warfare (local copy), by Metz, SSI, 2000
- So far thinking on the revolution in military affairs has focused on what might be called physical precision—the ability to hit targets with great accuracy from great distances with precisely the desired physical effect. Military strategists and commanders must come to think in terms of psychological precision as well: shaping a military operation so as to attain the desired attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions on the part of both the enemy and other observers, whether noncombatants in the area of operations or global audiences.
- Today the American military is not as strong at psychological precision as it should be, in part because technological advantages appear to make psychological effectiveness unnecessary. The explanation, though, runs even deeper than that. For a nation composed of many
cultures, the United States has never had a deep understanding of other cultures, perhaps because it was never a major colonial power. This has shown up whenever the U.S. military is engaged in cross-cultural conflict. Often American strategists “mirror image” the enemy and build
their campaigns based on what they feel would cause Americans to surrender without taking into account the psychological differences between antagonists.
- Combat Operations C3I: Fundamentals and Interactions (local copy), by Orr, Airpower Research Institute, Air University, 1983 - with sections on Command of the Combat Operations Process, Determination of the Current Situation, C3I in the Military Problem-Solving Process, and more
USAF Scientific Advisory Board
- USAF SAB Report on Domain Integration, Executive Summary and Annotated Brief, by Levis et al, July 2005
- Warfighters incur significant delays when humans must manually manipulate data to provide direct or cognitive integration of multiple sources of data. Moreover, information is lost or modified in the process such that the original meaning or value is damaged.
- This study is the third in a series of (coupled) Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AF SAB) studies. The 2003 AF SAB study “Technology for Machine-to-Machine Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Integration” postulated a construct in which different domains (e.g., signals intelligence (SIGINT), imagery intelligence (IMINT), and measure and signature intelligence (MASINT)), each with its own internal “domain architecture,” became components of a common information architecture to enable information sharing without paying the cost of full pair-wise integration of the component systems. The 2004 AF SAB study “Networking to Enable Coalition Operations” (NECO) proposed a high-level information architecture for addressing combined air operations center (CAOC) needs at the operational level. The NECO study identified the need to revise the security culture to one of “need-to-share” vice “need-to-know,” and to post a metadata tag with information that defined the content, context, and data structure such that rule-based and role-based releasability processes could be implemented.
- The Domain Integration study was chartered to take the next step – develop a detailed definition of the architecture to enable rapid domain integration, conformant to the NECO requirements.
- USAF SAB Report on Networking to Enable Coalition Operations, Executive Summary and Annotated Brief, by Schue et al, July 2004
- USAF SAB Report on Technology for Machine-to-Machine Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Integration, Executive Summary and Annotated Brief, by Dougherty et al, July 2003
RAND
- RAND home page
- Dissuading Terror: Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism, by Cragin and Gerwehr, RAND, 2005
- Reporters on the Battlefield: The Embedded Press System in Historical Context, by James and Kim, RAND, 2004
- Louder than Words: TACIT Communication in International Crises, by Arquilla, RAND, 2004
- The Emergence of Noopolitik: Toward An American Information Strategy, by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, RAND, 1999
- Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, RAND, 2001
- The Advent Of Netwar, by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, RAND, 1996
- Cyberwar is coming!, by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, RAND, 1996
- In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict in the Information Age, by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, RAND, 1997
- Strategic Information Warfare: a New Face of War, by Molander, Riddile, and Wilson, RAND, 1996
- The Zapatista "Social Netwar" in Mexico, by Ronfeldt, Arquilla, Fuller and Fuller, RAND, 1998
- Thinking about opponent behavior in crisis and conflict : a generic model for analysis and group discussion, by Davis and Arquilla, RAND, 1991
IO Sphere
Joint Force Quarterly
- Joint Force Quarterly home page
- Strategic Communication: a Mandate for the United States (local copy), by Jones, in Joint Force Quarterly, Oct 2005
- Transforming Military Diplomacy (local copy), by Shea, in Joint Force Quarterly, July 2005
- Psychological Operations and Counterterrorism (local copy), by Post, in Joint Force Quarterly, April 2005
- Information Operations as a Core Competency (local copy), by Lamb, in Joint Force Quarterly, Dec 2004
- Systems Integration and the New American Way of War (local copy), by Bracken, in Joint Force Quarterly, Oct 2004
- Information Operations and Millenium Challenge (local copy), by Maiers and Rahn, in Joint Force Quarterly, Oct 2004
- Unity of Effort in Joint Information Operations (local copy), by Jones, Flowers, and Johnson, in Joint Force Quarterly, Winter 2002-03
- WAR.com - The Internet and Psychological Operations (local copy), by Lungu, in Joint Force Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2001
Air & Space Power Journal
- Air & Space Power Chronicles/Journal home page
- NOTAM - Revised Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5.3, Public Affairs Operations, by Potter and Bosco, in Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2006
- Resultant Fury: Affecting the Strategic Battlespace with Effects-Based Public Affairs, by Faggard, in Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2006
- Toward Information Superiority: The Contribution of Operational Net Assessment, by Wielhouwer, in Air & Space Power Journal, Fall 2005
- Public Affairs and Information Operations: A Strategy for Success, by Sholtis, in Air & Space Power Journal, Fall 2005
- Doctrine NOTAM
- Revised Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5, Information Operations, by Mize, in Air & Space Power Journal, Summer 2005
- Doctrine NOTAM
- Psychological Operations, by Guevin, in Air & Space Power Journal, Summer 2004
- Doctrine NOTAM - Information Operations, by Guevin, in Air & Space Power Journal, Summer 2004
- Military Applications of
Information Technologies, by Phister and Plonisch, in Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2004
- Riding the Information-Revolution Tiger, by McNamara, in Aerospace Power Journal, Fall 2001
- Opportunity Lost: Public Affairs, Information Operations, and the Air War against Serbia, by Pounder, in Aerospace Power Journal, Summer 2000
- IW Cyberlaw: The Legal Issues of Information Warfare, by DiCenso, in Aerospace Power Journal, Summer 1999
- Building Castles on Sand Underestimating the Tide of Information Operations, by Bass, in Aerospace Power Journal, Summer 1999
- Information as a Weapon: Reality versus Promises, by Whitehead, in Aerospace Power Journal, Fall 1997
- Russian Views on Information Based Warfare, by Thomas, in Airpower Journal, Special Edition 1996
- The International Legal Implications of Information Warfare, by Aldrich, in Airpower Journal, Fall 1996
- Revolutionary Air Force Public Affairs: The Vision, by Sconyers, in Airpower Journal, Fall 1995
- Weapons of Mass Protection: Nonlethality, Information Warfare, and Airpower in the Age of Chaos, by Morris et al, in Airpower Journal, Spring 1995
- Information Warfare, by Stein, in Airpower Journal, Spring 1995
- The Enemy as a System, by Warden, in Airpower Journal, Spring 1995
- A Theory of Information Warfare: Preparing for 2020, by Szafranski, in Airpower Journal, Spring 1995
- Some Cautionary Thoughts on Information Warfare, by DiNardo and Hughes, in Airpower Journal, Winter 1995
- Desert Storm: the First Information War? by Mann, in Airpower Journal, Winter 1994
- Information Warfare: Principles of Third-Wave War, by Jensen, in Airpower Journal, Winter 1994
Parameters
- Parameters home page
- Kosovo and the Current Myth of Information Superiority, by Thomas, in Parameters, Spring 2000
- Nuclear Crisis Management and Information Warfare, by Cimbala, in Parameters, Summer 1999
- Military Theory and Information Warfare, by Henry and Peartree, in Parameters, Autumn 1998 - includes comparison of theories from Sun Tzu through Arquilla, Stein, and Libicki
- Deterring Information Warfare: A New Strategic Challenge, by Thomas, in Parameters, Winter 1996-1997
- Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War, by Molander et al, in Parameters, Autumn 1996
- Information Warfare and Deterrence, by Harknett, in Parameters, Autumn 1996
Military Review
- Military Review home page
- Massing Effects in the Information Domain: a Case Study in Aggressive Information Operations (local copy), by Metz et al, in Military Review, May-June, 2006
- The Decisive Weapon: a Brigade Combat Team Commander's Perspective on Information Operations (local copy), by Baker, in Military Review, May-June, 2006
- Defining the Information Campaign (local copy), by Beavers, in Military Review, Nov-Dec, 2005
- Information Operations, STRATCOM, and Public Affairs (local copy), by Keeton and McCann, in Military Review, Nov-Dec, 2005
- Using Biometrics to Achieve Identity Dominance in the Global War on Terrorism (local copy), by Woodward, in Military Review, Sep-Oct, 2005
- Marketing: An Overlooked Aspect of Information Operations (local copy), by Trent and Doty, in Military Review, Jul-Aug 2005
- The Evolution of Information Operations at Brigade and Below (local copy), by Tulak et al, in Military Review, Mar-Apr 2005
- Fighting Terrorism and Insurgency: Shaping the Information Environment (local copy), by Emery et al, in Military Review, Jan-Feb 2005
- The 101st Airborne Division in Iraq: Televising Freedom (local copy), by Freeburg and Todd, in Military Review, Nov-Dec 2004
- Network-Centric Warfare: an Exchange Officer's Perspective (local copy), by Langley, in Military Review, Nov-Dec 2004
- Osama bin-Laden Interview, June 1999: Entering the Mind of an Adversary (local copy), by Aboul-Enein, in Military Review, Sep-Oct 2004
- Information Operations in Iraq (local copy), by Emery, in Military Review, May-Jun 2004
- The Second Chechan War: the Information Component (local copy), by Pain, in Military Review, Jul-Aug 2000
Defense Horizons
- Defense Horizons home page
- Moore’s Law: a Department of Defense Perspective (local copy), by Borsuk and Coffey, Defense Horizons number 30, July 2003
- Custer in Cyberspace (local copy), by Gompert and Kugler, Defense Horizons number 51, Feb 2006
- Sweden’s Use of Commercial Information Technology for Military Applications (local copy), by Kramer and Cittadino, Defense Horizons number 50, Oct 2005
- Global Networks: Emerging Constraints on Strategy (local copy), by Fonow, Defense Horizons number 43, July 2004
Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO)
Other Publications
- See also same section on Intelligence page
- President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC)
- Computational Science: Ensuring America’s Competitiveness (local copy), PITAC report to the President, June 2005
- Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization (local copy), PITAC report to the President, Feb 2005
- Digital Libraries: Universal Access To Human Knowledge (local copy), PITAC report to the President, Feb 2001
- Using Information Technology To Transform The Way We Learn (local copy), PITAC report to the President, Feb 2001
- Developing Open Source Software To Advance High End Computing (local copy), PITAC report to the President, Oct 2000
- Chips magazine - "The Department of the Navy Information Technology Magazine Dedicated to Sharing Information · Technology · Experience"
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- Cyberpsychology, Journal of Psychological Research on Cyberspace
- Information Literacy Toolkit - for the Knowledge World, from the Dept of the Navy Chief Information Officer
- US Institute of Peace (USIP) reports
- Information Age Warfare Quarterly
- C4ISR Journal
- The Journal of Infrastructural Warfare
- Cryptologia, a quarterly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology
- Sun Tzu Art of War in Information Warfare, INSS, NDU Press
- The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (SSAISB)
Bibliographies
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