Information Operations Planning
by Patrick D. Allen /
2006 / English / PDF
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Information operations involve the use of military information and
how it is gathered, manipulated, and fused. It includes such
critical functions as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance,
command and control, communications, and precision navigation.
Separating myth from reality, this authoritative resource provides
military professionals with a current and comprehensive
understanding of information warfare operations planning, including
offensive, defensive, and influence operations. The book identifies
the features of information operations that differ from traditional
military operations and reveals why this discipline is more
important now than ever before. Professionals discover new planning
tools that have been brought together under a single platform to
become the next Information Operations Planning Tool for the U.S.
Department of Defence. Additionally, the book defines and
identifies new threats and opportunities, and explains why the U.S.
is not yet winning the war for the minds.
Information operations involve the use of military information and
how it is gathered, manipulated, and fused. It includes such
critical functions as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance,
command and control, communications, and precision navigation.
Separating myth from reality, this authoritative resource provides
military professionals with a current and comprehensive
understanding of information warfare operations planning, including
offensive, defensive, and influence operations. The book identifies
the features of information operations that differ from traditional
military operations and reveals why this discipline is more
important now than ever before. Professionals discover new planning
tools that have been brought together under a single platform to
become the next Information Operations Planning Tool for the U.S.
Department of Defence. Additionally, the book defines and
identifies new threats and opportunities, and explains why the U.S.
is not yet winning the war for the minds.
