Table of Contents

Preface Setting the Stage Toward a National Security Strategy for the Information Age The Emerging Information Age U.S. National Security Strategy Into the Information Age Strategy in the Information Age Developing A New National Security Strategy for the Information Age Conclusion

Promotional Information

"This is the best book yet on how new information technology affects the key elements of national security strategy, and how that strategy must be adapted to exploit the Information Age." -- Leslie H. Gelb^LPresident Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations "Dan Gerstein has written a strategically cogent work--prescient in analysis and insight--definitional for thinking about U.S. national security strategy in this new century--timely as the Bush administration and the Congress must struggle toward resolution of how to meet national security requirements in this new era of the post Cold War world--made all the more challenging by the magic of the microchip. Gerstein's work is truly transformational in analysis and diagnosis of current and future national security needs of American in this new century of globalism in an information age--a fact not recognized by national leadership in this first decade of century 21." -- General Gordon R. Sullivan, (U.S. Army, Ret.), former Chief of Staff of the Army and President of the Association of the U.S. Army "This insightful book outlines challenges to U.S. national strategy as America faces a globalized, information-dense world. Military and civilian scholars alike will benefit from Dan Gerstein's analysis, carefully refined over a distinguished career in arms control, information operations, and military strategy. A must read for the 21st century leader." -- General Barry R. McCaffrey (U.S. Army, Retired)^LDistinguished Professor of International Security Studies^LUnited States Military Academy, West Point

About the Author

Daniel M. Gerstein is an officer in the U.S. Army. In 2004-2005 he was a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. A veteran of the Gulf War and operations in the Balkans, he holds degrees from West Point, Georgia Tech, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College.

Reviews

Securing America's Future describes the complex relationship between government and industry in today's information age….[t]races the defense of the United States through its history, showing the various threats and strategies for victory….[a] serious analysis of world events and approaches to national security.
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Gerstein, a Gulf War veteran and a military fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, argues that in terms of defense, the US is largely unprepared to reap the benefits of the information age and unable to address an increasing threat level because its methods, procedures, and ways of thinking remain anchored in the vanishing industrial era. Based on the conclusions of several capstone documents (including the 9/11 Commission Report), he says the nation must develop and implement a new security strategy that incorporates elements of soft power, such as economic, social, cultural, and informational capabilities.
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