TY - BOOK ID - 17057144 TI - In Athena's Camp AU - Arquilla, John AU - Ronfeldt, David PY - 1997 SN - 0833025147 0833048589 9780833048585 9780833025142 PB - Santa Monica RAND Corp. DB - UniCat KW - War KW - Information society. KW - Forecasting. KW - Sociology KW - Information superhighway KW - Information society KW - 842 Media KW - Forecasting KW - War - Forecasting. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17057144 AB - The information revolution--which is as much an organizational as a technological revolution--is transforming the nature of conflict across the spectrum: from open warfare, to terrorism, crime, and even radical social activism. The era of massed field armies is passing, because the new information and communications systems are increasing the lethality of quite small units that can call in deadly, precise missile fire almost anywhere, anytime. In social conflicts, the Internet and other media are greatly empowering individuals and small groups to influence the behavior of states. Whether in mi ER -