The New Face of War: How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century

by Bruce D. Berkowitz

Articulating a view that is increasingly common in the hallways of the Pentagon, if not in the streets of Baghdad or the mountains of the Afghan-Pakistan border region, Berkowitz (of the Hoover Institution at Stanford U.) argues that information technology has become the most important aspect of warfare and the deciding factor in military outcomes. Writing for a general audience, he explains how communication networks, global positioning satellites, rates-of-decision cycles, small special operations teams, and "cyberwar" are expected by some military thinkers to be important facets of military conflict in the present and near future. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Military Fiction, Nonfiction, Military History

272 pages, Hardcover

First published March 18, 2003

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the futuristic sounding title, he does a very good job with interweaving the history of technology with the history of warfare. Excellent background for understanding cyber warfare in historical perspective.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce Berkowitz's book The New Face of War: How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century describes how information technology (IT) affects the modern battlefield. Mr. Berkowitz presents a coherent argument for how IT has revolutionized warfare over the past 30-40 years. His book describes how advances in IT have come to affect military strategies ranging from foreign intelligence gathering to tactics employed in combat. He strongly believes "the next wars will be fought not just on battlefields but also in the world's computers and communication systems"

[Glenn Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesting book with free flowing ideas about the next stage of warfare with a great deal of facts stories and ideas from previous wars long ago and recent changes over the last 20 years. Does not completely state how war will be fought in the 21st Century, but gives a great deal of generalities-cyber warfare, small troop movements and such. Quick read. Good for the average Joe, but I suspect that someone who knows a great deal of warfare would find much better books to read.

[Steven]

Pretty basic info. Good "soft" read.