Information Warfare and Electronic Warfare Systems

Information and electromagnetic warfare are an ever increasing part of modern military operations. Poisel, with a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering, offers a highly technical reference on the topic that is intended primarily for people with at least a bachelor's degree in engineering and knowledge of linear systems theory (matrix operations). For those who may not have much knowledge of information or probability theory there is a chapter where the necessary aspects are discussed. A detailed model of information warfare also gets a whole chapter. The author divides the topic into three domains: cognitive, information, and physical. These concern, respectively, the human process of decision making based on information gathered on the battlefield, the uses of information theory in conducting operations, and the physical aspects of the information infrastructure such as antennas, cables and electromagnetic means of denying enemy use of information. There is an extensive list of abbreviations towards the back. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)