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3 - Understanding Political and Intangible Elements in Modern Wars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2023

Iulian Chifu  and
Greg Simons
By
Greg Simons
Iulian Chifu
Affiliation:
National Defence University, Bucharest
Greg Simons
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

Chapter three concerns the role and influence of politics and other intangible elements in modern warfare. This is taken from a historical perspective with the philosophy of great military strategy thinkers such as Sun Tzu, Niccolo Macchiavelli and Carl von Clausewitz, and the influence of their ideas on the contemporary information war battlefield that runs parallel to physical wars.

Keywords

warintangible elementstangible elementsSun TzuCarl von ClausewitzNiccolo Machiavelliinformationthreatopportunity
Type
Chapter
Information
Rethinking Warfare in the 21st Century
The Influence and Effects of the Politics, Information and Communication Mix
 , pp. 58 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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