Cyber War：The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

RichardA.ClarkewarnedAmericaoncebeforeaboutthehavocterrorismwouldwreakonournationalsecurity--andhewasright.Nowhewarnsusofanotherthreat,silentbutequallydangerous."CyberWar"isapowerfulbookabouttechnology,government,andmilitarystrategy;aboutcriminals,spies,soldiers,andhackers.Thisisthefirstbookaboutthewarofthefuture--cyberwar--andaconvincingargumentthatwemayalreadybeinperiloflosingit."CyberWar"goesbehindthe"geektalk"ofhackersandcomputerscientiststoexplainclearlyandconvincinglywhatcyberwaris,howcyberweaponswork,andhowvulnerableweareasanationandasindividualstothevastandloomingwebofcybercriminals.FromthefirstcybercrisismeetingintheWhiteHouseadecadeagototheboardroomsofSiliconValleyandtheelectricaltunnelsunderManhattan,ClarkeandcoauthorRobertK.Knaketracetheriseofthecyberageandprofiletheunlikelycharactersandplacesattheepicenterofthebattlefield.TheyrecounttheforeigncyberspieswhohackedintotheofficeoftheSecretaryofDefense,thecontrolsystemsforU.S.electricpowergrids,andtheplanstoprotectAmerica'slatestfighteraircraft.Economicallyandmilitarily,ClarkeandKnakeargue,whatwe'vealreadylostinthenewmillennium'scyberbattlesistantamounttotheSovietandChinesetheftofournuclearbombsecretsinthe1940sand1950s.Thepossibilitiesofwhatwestandtoloseinanall-outcyberwar--ourindividualandnationalsecurityamongthem--arejustaschilling.Powerfulandconvincing,"CyberWar"beginsthecriticaldebateaboutthenextgreatthreattonationalsecurity.