Cyber War Will Not Take Place
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Thomas Rid
Hurst, 256 pages, £14.99
“Cyber war is coming,” announced a landmark report in 1993. This book takes stock, 20 years on. Rid argues that the focus on war and winning distracts from the real challenge of cyberspace: non-violent confrontation that may rival or even replace violence in surprising ways. He explores the full spectrum of case studies from the shadowy world of computer espionage and weaponised code. With a mix of technical detail and rigorous political analysis, the book explores some key questions: what are cyber weapons? Why has there never been a lethal cyber attack against a country’s critical infrastructure? And which countries, industries and individuals are most vulnerable?
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