Cyber War
The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
By Richard A. Clarke; Robert Knake
(Ecco, Paperback, 9780061962240, 320pp.)
Publication Date: May 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Political Process - General
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Richard A. Clarke warned America once before about the havoc terrorism would wreak on our national security—and he was right. Now he warns us of another threat, silent but equally dangerous. Cyber War is a powerful book about technology, government, and military strategy; about criminals, spies, soldiers, and hackers. It explains clearly and convincingly what cyber war is, how cyber weapons work, and how vulnerable we are as a nation and as individuals to the vast and looming web of cyber criminals. This is the first book about the war of the future—cyber war—and a convincing argument that we may already be in peril of losing it.
Richard A. Clarke has served in the White House for President Reagan, for both presidents Bush, and for President Clinton, who appointed him as National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism. He teaches at Harvard Kennedy School, consults for ABC News, and is chairman of Good Harbor Consulting.
Richard Clarke, the former anti-terrorism czar, has now turned his attention to a new national security threat: cyberwar. In a new book, Clarke details what a full-scale cyberattack could look like, how the United States is particularly vulnerable, and what measures can be taken to ensure our networks remain safe. More at NPR.org
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“Chilling... [A] harrowing — and persuasive — picture of the cyberthreat the United States faces today.”
-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
“Clarke and Knake are right to sound the alarm.”
-Wall Street Journal
“[CYBER WAR] may be the most important book about national-security policy in the last several years.”
-Slate
“In this chilling and eye-opening book, Clarke and Knake provide a highly detailed yet accessible look at how cyber warfare is being waged and the need to rethink our national security to face this new threat.”
-Booklist
“Will strengthen Clarke’s claims as one of the founding fathers of cybersecurocracy....It is worth buying this book if only for his pithy five-page vision of this coming apocalypse and a return to stone-age conditions within a week, all because of a few pesky hackers and viruses.”
-Financial Times
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