THE MESH AND THE NET
Speculations on Armed Conflict
In an Age of Free Silicon
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
McNair Paper 28
March 1994
A popular Government, without popular information or the
means of acquiring it, is but a
Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will
forever govern
ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must
arm themselves with
the power which knowledge gives.
JAMES MADISON to W. T. BARRY
August 4, 1822
Contents
Copyright Information
Terms
The Rising Tidal Wave
The Small and the Many
Toward an Information Corps
Wares of War: Hard and Soft
Unconventional Conflict
The Net and Its Discontents
Conclusions: Mesh Versus
Net
Epilogue: Detours from the Inevitable
Future
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