Cyber Power

<p>Cyberspace is the newest warfighting domain but heretofore it has been the nearly exclusive purview of technical experts not warfighters. Consequently much of the work on cyber power theory has eschewed the traditional concepts and lexicon of war in favor of language more familiar to technical experts in information communications technology. This convention stunts strategic thinking on cyber power and creates a barrier to cyber power's integration into joint military operations. For these reasons this study advances the beginnings of a cyber power theory rooted in the lessons of war experience in the traditional warfighting domains of land sea and air. By examining cyber power through the lens of fundamental concepts like initiative terrain speed and mobility cyberspace's similarities to the other warfighting domains emerge. Cyber power combines qualities inherent to land sea and air power -- making cyber power simultaneously distinct from and analogous to all three. This unique synergy is what separates cyber power from these other forms of military power. At the same time similarities between cyberspace and the physical domains lets cyber power theory take lessons from past war experiences as well as from the military theories of those like Carl von Clausewitz Sir Julian Corbett Sir John Slessor and John Boyd. By rigorously observing when the analogies between cyberspace and the other domains apply and collapse this study gleans some lessons from traditional experience and theory on how to seize the advantage on attack or defense in cyber power.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>