Small Wars, Big Data : : The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict / / Eli Berman, Jacob N. Shapiro, Joseph H. Felter.

How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight today's conflicts more effectivelyThe way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central fronts. Today's conflicts find major pow...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.) :; 19 b/w illus., 1 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Know the war you're in
  • Esoc's motivation and approach
  • Information - centric insurgency and counterinsurgency
  • The information mechanism
  • The role of development assistance
  • The role of suppression
  • How civilians respond to harm
  • Economic conditions and insurgent violence
  • What works? leveraging the information mechanism
  • The enduring importance of understanding asymmetric conflict
  • Notes
  • Index