Cybernetics, Warfare and Discourse

This book critiques mainstream beliefs about cyberwarfare and forges a new path in the way of defining this largely misunderstood concept. Rather than outlining cyberspace as a new technology applied in military operations, here, Tsirigotis rallies against this technocentric account and establishes how cyberspace, first and foremost, should be categorized as a new way to understand war and military power in the Information Age. Using genre analysis and Corpus Linguistics, the author scrutinizes how cyberspace has changed the way the UK comprehends war and military power, and how the cybernetisation of war has manifested itself in Britain's approach to national defense and security.

Provides a refreshingly original and thoughtful approach to the intersection of digital technology and war through a reconceptualization of cyberspace Asks us to contemplate the way the ideas and concepts about 'cyber' have fundamentally shaped the way that we think about war Scrutinises warfare in cyberspace using Critical Discourse Analysis

Autorentext
Anthimos Alexandros Tsirigotis is an Air Defence Officer in the Hellenic Air Force. Anthimos has worked extensively on the changing character of war in the information age and currently his research interests fall within Artificial Intelligence and big data.

Inhalt

Chapter 1:Introduction.- Chapter 2: War and Military Power in the Information Age.- Chapter 3: Cybernetics, War and Power.- Chapter 4: British Defence and Security Policy-Making Practice.- Chapter 5: The Cybernetisation of the British Discourse on War.- Chapter 6: The Cybernetisation of the British Defence and Security Policy-Making Genre.- Chapter 7: Strategic Priorities for Britain After 1957 and New Perceptions of Military Power.- Chapter 8: Cybernetisation as a Tool of Analysis.