@WAR: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex - Brossura

Harris, Shane

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ISBN 10: 0544570286 ISBN 13: 9780544570283

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2015

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“A great overview of our new cyberfronts. Unlike most books about cyberwar, this one is enjoyably readable. At times it feels like a mdoern spy novel, but it is a guide to tomorrow’s headlines.” — Thomas E. Ricks

“Readers will squirm . . . Harris delivers a convincing account of the terrible cyberdisasters that loom, and the intrusive nature of the fight to prevent them.” —Publishers Weekly

A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought today

The United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA all field teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy targets. In fact, as @WAR shows, U.S. hackers were crucial to our victory in Iraq. Shane Harris delves into the frontlines of America’s new cyber war. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast amounts of information. The military has also formed a new alliance with tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace, and Harris offers a deeper glimpse into this partnership than we have ever seen before. Finally, Harris explains what the new cybersecurity regime means for all of us, who spend our daily lives bound to the Internet — and are vulnerable to its dangers.

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"Readers will squirm ... Harris delivers a convincing account of the terrible cyberdisasters that loom, and the intrusive nature of the fight to prevent them."

—Publishers Weekly "@War is a remarkable achievement. Harris uses dogged shoe-leather reporting to take us deep inside the government's surveillance and cyber operations to give an unsparing look at what the NSA and other agencies are really doing with all our data. In the age of abstract Snowden documents, @War actually introduces us to the people running America's electronic spying machine, and offers invaluable insights into how their ambition and turf battles impact our financial security, our privacy, and our freedom." —James Risen, author of Pay Any Price "A great overview of our new cyber fronts. Unlike most books about cyber war, this one is enjoyably readable. At times it feels like a modern spy novel, but it is a guide to tomorrow's headlines." —Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco and The Generals  

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“Scary but well documented . . . A deep dive into the world of cyber war and cyber warriors.” — Los Angeles Times

“Unsettling . . . A deeply informative account of how corporations, governments, and even individuals are rapidly perfecting the ability to monitor and sabotage the Internet infrastructure.” — Christian Science Monitor

The wars of the future are already being fought today. The United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA all field teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy targets. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast amounts of information, and the military has also formed a new alliance with tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace. Shane Harris offers a deeper glimpse into this partnership than we have ever seen before, and he explains what the new cyber security regime means for all of us who spend our daily lives bound to the Internet—and are vulnerable to its dangers.

“@War is superb . . . Rigorous, comprehensive, and a joy to read.” — Lawfare
 

SHANE HARRIS is a senior correspondent at the Daily Beast, covering national security, intelligence, and cyber security. He is also an ASU fellow at New America, where he researches the future of war. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. His first book, The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State, was named one of the best books of 2010 by the Economist.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0544570286
• ISBN 13: 9780544570283
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 263