Subversion : From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict Paperback / softback
by Lennart (Senior Researcher, Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies) Maschmeyer
Paperback / softback
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In Subversion, Lennart Maschmeyer provides a powerful new theory and analysis of an age-old concept.
While a strategy of subversion offers great strategic promise in theory, it faces an underappreciated set of challenges that limit its strategic value in practice.
Drawing from two major cases--the KGB's use of traditional subversion methods to crush the Prague Spring in 1968 and Russia's less successful use of cyberwarfare against Ukraine since 2014--Maschmeyer demonstrates both the benefits and weaknesses of the approach.
While many believe that today's cyber-based subversion campaigns offer new strategic opportunities, they also come with their own challenges. Because of these disadvantages, cyber operations continue to fall short of expectations--most recently in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
By showing that traditional subversion methods remain the more potent threat, Subversion forces us to reconsider our fears of the subversive potential of cyberwar.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 4 b/w illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:04/05/2024
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- ISBN:9780197745861
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages, 4 b/w illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:04/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197745861