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Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceChapter 1: The New TerrainChapter 2: An Afghan Hard DriveChapter 3: "They Are Already Among Us"Chapter 4: The Asymmetric WarriorChapter 5: Shooting Down a MiGChapter 6: The Pentagon LabyrinthChapter 7: The War Next TimeChapter 8: Cyberwar in the DesertChapter 9: ZappingChapter 10: A Matter of LatitudeChapter 11: SwarmingChapter 12: KillingChapter 13: An Electronic Pearl Harbor?Chapter 14: Les Guerres ImaginairesChapter 15: If There Were a Front It Would Be HereChapter 16: Command of the NetsChapter 17: Information ArmorChapter 18: Forward From HereAcknowledgmentsNote on Information Sources ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisJim Storr is a former British Army officer.He is now an independent defence consultant.He studied Civil Engineering before joining the Army and serving in the British Army of the Rhine for much of the 1980s.Amongst a series of staff and regimental appointments in the Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and Cyprus he studied at the Royal Military College of Science and the Army Staff College at Camberley.He was a military adviser to operational research teams before spending more than four years writing and teaching high-level military doctrine.In 2002 he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on the nature of military thought.In his second career his main activates are consultancy, research, writing and teaching.He has spoken at, or chaired, a number of national and international conferences.His clients include defence industrial corporations, research agencies and universities.He is a visiting fellow of the Defence College of Management and Technology, Cranfield University and anhonoraryTable of ContentsFigures; Abbreviations; Foreword; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1. Art or Science?; 2. Developing an Approach; 3. The Nature of Combat; 4. Tools and Models; 5. Shock and Surprise; 6. Tactics and Organizations; 7. Commanding the Battle; 8. The Soul of an Army; 9. Regulators and Ratcatchers; 10. The Human Face of War; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisTechnology and its proper use constitute key components in the strength of any armed forces. However, battlefield technologies constantly evolve in the quest for competitive advantage, with the rate at which new concepts and devices appear steadily increasing. In the world of technological intelligence, militaries worldwide not only seek to advance their technologies but to gather information about the latest technological and scientific developments of present and future adversaries, evaluate their possible impacts, and prevent as much as possible, the advantages gained by technological surprisethat sudden appearance of novel weapon systems that can tilt the success of an operation, battle, or even war. While ample documentation circulates on operational intelligencedefined as information about an enemy''s order of battle and intentionsand operational surprise, technological intelligence (and consequently technological surprise) receives far less attention than today's military realitTrade ReviewWinning conflicts requires multiple levels of intelligence—operational, tactical, strategic, cultural, and environmental, to name a few. There is also 'technological intelligence'—knowledge about the tools, instruments, devices, and techniques one's adversary possesses or is developing. In this book, an 'adapted translation' from Hebrew, Lorber thoroughly explores technological intelligence using past examples such as the British deciphering of Germany's Enigma machine and the US breaking of Japanese code, as well as British engagements against Zulu warriors in Africa and Israeli air defense struggles. Each historical example is well presented, leaving readers convinced that winning a conflict requires embracing all aspects of the enemy. Two chapters focus on military intelligence failures. Prejudices, preconceptions, and assumptions regarding an enemy’s capabilities must be set aside. Intelligence must be gathered using all methods, ranging from the simplest boots-on-the-ground approach to sophisticated eyes in the sky. Winners will think faster, analyze all possibilities for action, and work increasingly outside the box to ensure an adversary cannot gain a tactical, operational, strategic, or technological edge. Lorber makes a convincing demonstration and argument for the need of robust technological intelligence in this interesting work. Summing Up: Recommended. Academic and general military history and history of technology collections. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Weapon Systems and Technological Intelligence Chapter 1: Quality & Quantity – Technology as a major Component of Quality Chapter 2: Technological Gap and Technological Failure Chapter 3: Technological Surprise and Technological Inferiority Chapter 4: What did the “Experts” Say? Chapter 5: Technological and Scientific Intelligence Chapter 6: The “Hierarchy” of Technological Secrets Chapter 7: Intelligence Failures – the Writing on the Wall Chapter 8: Intelligence Failures – Arrogance and Disdain for the Enemy Chapter 9: Additional Aspects of Collecting and Analyzing Technological Intelligence Chapter 10: The Technological Deception Notes and References Bibliography Index

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