The emergence of noopolitik : : toward an American information strategy / / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt.

Strategy, at its best, knits together ends and means, no matter how various and disparate, into a cohesive pattern. In the case of a U.S. information strategy, this requires balancing the need to guard and secure access to many informational capabilities and resources, with the opportunity to achiev...

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Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (95 pages)
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  • "MR-1033-OSD".
  • "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute."
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; PREFACE; FIGURE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter One - WHITHER "INFORMATION STRATEGY"?; Chapter Two - RECOGNITION OF THE NOOSPHERE; WHY "INFORMATION" MATTERS; Chapter Three - EMERGENCE OF NOOPOLITIK; GRAND STRATEGIC SHIFTS AT THE TURN OF THECENTURY; FROM REALPOLITIK TO NOOPOLITIK-A COMPARISON OF THE PARADIGMS; NOOPOLITIK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; FOSTERING NOOPOLITIK: SOME GUIDELINES AND TASKS; Chapter Four - INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CONFLICT; INFORMATION STRATEGY AND GLOBAL COOPERATION; INFORMATION STRATEGY IN CRISIS AND CONFLICT; Chapter Five - MOVING AHEAD; A NEW TURN OF MIND; U.S. HEGEMONY REQUIRED TO CONSOLIDATE THE NOOSPHERE?; BIBLIOGRAPHY