SAASS Student Support AY22

Air University Library Course Support

INFORMATION, CYBERSPACE, AND CYBER POWER

SAASS 667

7 April 2022 - 22 April 2022

SAASS 667 "offers an opportunity to examine and investigate the practice of strategy within the context of cyberspace and information."

Some materials listed below require access to subscription databases.  If you cannot gain access, contact your local library for availability.  AU students and faculty can contact the Library's Database Request Page for a password.

Internet Resources

Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.

Day 1

Ben Buchanan     Biography
The Hacker and the State:  Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics          Review 1     Review 2  

Day 2

Lucas Kello    Biography
The Virtual Weapon and International Order      Review 1 (2nd half of the article is the review for this book)    Review 2

Day 3

National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America

Summary:  Department of Defense Cyber Strategy

Herbert Lin    Biography
Amy Zegart     Biography
Bytes, Bombs, and Spies:  The Strategic Dimensions of Offensive Cyber Operations     Review

Day 4

Dennis Broeders    Biography
Bibi van den Berg     Biography
Governing Cyberspace:  Behavior, Power, and Diplomacy     Publisher Description     

Day 5

Charles Kadushin     Biography
Understanding Social Networks:  Theories,  Concepts, and Findings     Publisher Description   (click on description)   Review 

Day 6

Zeynep Tufekci     Biography
Twitter and Tear Gas:  The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest    Description

Day 7

P.W. Singer     Biography
Emerson T. Brooking    Biography
LikeWar:  The Weaponization of Social Media     Review 

Day 8

Thomas Rid     Biography
Active Measures:  The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare     Review 1     Review 2   

Day 9

Paul Scharre     Biography
Army of None:  Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War     Review 1     Review 2

Day 10

Kenneth Payne   Biography
I, Warbot:  The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict        Review 1       Review 2

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