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- 题名/责任者:
- Small wars, big data : the information revolution in modern conflict / Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, and Jacob N. Shapiro with Vestal McIntyre.
- 出版发行项:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
- 出版发行项:
- ?2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691177076
- ISBN:
- 0691177074
- 载体形态项:
- xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- 个人责任者:
- Berman, Eli, author.
- 附加个人名称:
- Felter, Joseph H., author.
- 附加个人名称:
- Shapiro, Jacob N., author.
- 附加个人名称:
- McIntyre, Vestal, author.
- 论题主题:
- Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)-Technological innovations.
- 论题主题:
- Insurgency.
- 论题主题:
- Insurgency.
- 中图法分类号:
- E0-059
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 摘要附注:
- "How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight today's conflicts more effectively.The way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central fronts. Today's conflicts find major powers facing rebel insurgencies that deploy elusive methods, from improvised explosives to terrorist attacks. Small Wars, Big Data presents a transformative understanding of these contemporary confrontations and how they should be fought. The authors show that a revolution in the study of conflict--enabled by vast data, rich qualitative evidence, and modern methods--yields new insights into terrorism, civil wars, and foreign interventions. Modern warfare is not about struggles over territory but over people; civilians--and the information they might choose to provide--can turn the tide at critical junctures.The authors draw practical lessons from the past two decades of conflict in locations ranging from Latin America and the Middle East to Central and Southeast Asia. Building an information-centric understanding of insurgencies, the authors examine the relationships between rebels, the government, and civilians. This approach serves as a springboard for exploring other aspects of modern conflict, including the suppression of rebel activity, the role of mobile communications networks, the links between aid and violence, and why conventional military methods might provide short-term success but undermine lasting peace. Ultimately the authors show how the stronger side can almost always win the villages, but why that does not guarantee winning the war. Small Wars, Big Data provides groundbreaking perspectives for how small wars can be better strategized and favorably won to the benefit of the local population."--
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