{"product_id":"cyber-strategy-the-evolving-character-of-power-and-coercion-9780190618094","title":"Cyber Strategy: The Evolving Character of Power and Coercion","description":"Some pundits claim cyber weaponry is the most important military innovation in decades, a transformative new technology that promises a paralyzing first-strike advantage difficult for opponents to deter. Yet, what is cyber strategy? How do actors use cyber capabilities to achieve a position of\u003cbr\u003eadvantage against rival states? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book examines the emerging art of cyber strategy and its integration as part of a larger approach to coercion by states in the international system between 2000 and 2014. To this end, the book establishes a theoretical framework in the coercion literature for evaluating the efficacy of cyber\u003cbr\u003eoperations. Cyber coercion represents the use of manipulation, denial, and punishment strategies in the digital frontier to achieve some strategic end. As a contemporary form of covert action and political warfare, cyber operations rarely produce concessions and tend to achieve only limited, \u003cbr\u003esignaling objectives. When cyber operations do produce concessions between rival states, they tend to be part of a larger integrated coercive strategy that combines network intrusions with other traditional forms of statecraft such as military threats, economic sanctions, and diplomacy. The books\u003cbr\u003efinds that cyber operations rarely produce concessions in isolation. They are additive instruments that complement traditional statecraft and coercive diplomacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book combines an analysis of cyber exchanges between rival states and broader event data on political, military, and economic interactions with case studies on the leading cyber powers: Russia, China, and the United States. The authors investigate cyber strategies in their integrated and\u003cbr\u003eisolated contexts, demonstrating that they are useful for maximizing informational asymmetries and disruptions, and thus are important, but limited coercive tools. This empirical foundation allows the authors to explore how leading actors employ cyber strategy and the implications for international\u003cbr\u003erelations in the 21st century. While most military plans involving cyber attributes remain highly classified, the authors piece together strategies based on observations of attacks over time and through the policy discussion in unclassified space. The result will be the first broad evaluation of the\u003cbr\u003eefficacy of various strategic options in a digital world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon Valeriano, Benjamin Jensen, Ryan C. Maness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190618094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrandon Valeriano\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Donald Bren Chair of Armed Conflict at the Marine Corps University and a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. He has published five books and dozens of articles in outlets including \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e International Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e. His ongoing\u003cbr\u003eresearch explores documenting cyber events, biological examinations of cyber threat, and repression in cyberspace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Jensen\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor at Marine Corps University and a Scholar-in-Residence at American University, School of International Service. His research explores the changing character of conflict as it relates to strategy and military innovation, themes explored in his first book, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eForging the Sword: Doctrinal Change in the U.S. Army\u003c\/em\u003e (Stanford University Press 2016) and his \"Next War\" column at\u003cem\u003e War on the Rocks\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyan C. Maness \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Assistant Professor in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. His research includes cyber conflict, cyber security, cyber coercion, cyber strategies, information warfare, Russian foreign policy, American foreign policy, and conflict-cooperation\u003cbr\u003edynamics between states using Big Data. He is coauthor of \u003cem\u003eRussia's Coercive Diplomacy: Energy, Cyber and Maritime Policy as New Sources of Power \u003c\/em\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and \u003cem\u003eCyber War versus Cyber Realities: Cyber Conflict in the International System\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929206767731,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a54d78ce-e52a-4b62-bd3f-26f5c02d390f.jpg?v=1647611351","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/cyber-strategy-the-evolving-character-of-power-and-coercion-9780190618094","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}