Dark Territory

Dark Territory:  The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan, Simon & Schuster  2016

Although cyber war has been  conducted "under the radar" for decades, the complexities have leaked to the public only periodically.  It's a new form of conflict developed inside NASA, the White House, the Pentagon, and who knows where else.  How, then, did author Fred Kaplan manage to pull together the history of this very secret movement?  Drawing on little-known documents and exclusive interviews with more than 100 participants in the story (ranging from cabinet secretaries, generals, and admirals - including six NSA directors - to mid-level officials and analysts, to technical wizards in the secret labs of the national-security bureaucracy), Kaplan delivers many news-maker revelations, including the role that "information warfare" has played in tilting the outcomes of conflicts in Haiti, Serbia, Syria, the former Soviet republics, Iraq, and Iran.  From "The Five Guys Report", to changes in the NSA, to over 20 nations developing expert cyber warfare capabilities, you'll see how Kaplan strings together inside and outside information to construct a picture of where cyber war is taking us.  It's scary.