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| Introduction | |
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| Understanding the Problem | |
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| Information Operations | |
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| Emerging IO Theory | |
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| The day-to-day reality of how IO is conducted by the United States | |
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| The relevance of IO in the broader strategic theory | |
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| A Theoretical Review of Information Operations in the United States | |
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| Theoretical Constructs | |
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| International Relations Theories-How they compare to IO | |
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| Liberalism | |
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| Realism | |
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| Alternate International Relations Theories | |
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| Definitions of Power, Information, and IO | |
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| Changing Views of Power | |
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| Soft Power | |
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| Power and the Information Age | |
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| The Development of IO | |
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| The Role of Information in Warfare | |
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| The Role of Information in Government Organizations | |
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| Understanding Information Operations | |
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| IO Development in the United States | |
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| Historical IO Case Studies | |
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| From Hiroshima to the Berlin Wall-The Cold War Era | |
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| The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Global War on Terrorism | |
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| Translating Power into Outcomes-Kosovo (1999) | |
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| Recent Changes to IO | |
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| Policy Changes: The Information Operations Roadmap | |
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| Critical Infrastructure Protection | |
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| Computer Network Defense | |
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| Defensive IO Policy that led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security | |
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| U.S. IO Policy: Problems and Successes | |
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| U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection Policies prior to 9/11 | |
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| PDD-68, "International Public Information" | |
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| IO Organizational Changes in the U.S. government | |
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| U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection Policies after 9/11 | |
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| The Effects of 9/11 on IO Organizations | |
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| Summary | |
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| IO Applicability to Theory and Practice | |
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| Why does IO matter? | |
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| Why is there no overall strategic theory in the United States for IO? | |
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| Does military doctrine equal IO strategic theory? | |
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| Why is the State Department not issuing strategic guidance? | |
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| Is Information Operations the best term? | |
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| Problems with the use of IO as a term | |
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| The need for taxonomy | |
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| Why is the top-down approach to IO not working in the U.S. government? | |
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| Is the Revolution in Military Affairs / Diplomatic Affairs an answer? | |
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| Why is the State Department failing in its public diplomacy role? | |
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| Why is there no rhyme or reason to the IO training and education curricula? | |
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| Can lessons be learned from the information assurance community? | |
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| Issues that still exist with developing commonality with respect to the IO training and education situation | |
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| Key Findings in This Book | |
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| Suggestions for Improvement Based on the Soft System Methodology and Literature Review | |
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| A Plan to Develop an Overarching IO Theory | |
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| A Model to Establish a Taxonomy and Set of Definitions for IO | |
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| An Analysis of which Approaches and Processes Work Best to Support IO | |
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| Develop an International Standards Effort with Respect to IO Training and Education | |
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| Areas for Future Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |