The major aim of Cyberspace and the State is to provide conceptual orientation on the new strategic environment of the Information Age. It seeks to restore the equilibrium of policy-makers which has been disturbed by recent cyber scares; as well as to bring clarity to academic debate on the subject particularly in the fields of politics and international relations; war and strategic studies. Its main chapters explore the impact of cyberspace upon the most central aspects of statehood and the state system―power; sovereignty; war; and dominion. It is concerned equally with practice as with theory and may be read in that sense as having two halves.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. PICTURES NEEDED Dense; information-packed review of the literature on PerseusBy Jack E. Holt; IIII think this small; tightly-written book was one of my favorite reading adventures in the past few years. For one thing; I haven't read many of the original texts cited ever before. Much of the Perseus myth is fragmented into passing references in works describing other; now lost works of the Ancient Greeks. I also greatly enjoyed how the text approached the myth as a series of episodes and then historically analyzed how that portion of the Perseus myth had "evolved" (if that's the right word --"Coalesced"?) over time.The author has an almost historiographic approach to laying out the development of the myth that I enjoyed.But one major lack was illustrations and maps. The lack of a good map was the most frustrating. I found myself running to my atlas or wikipedia more than a few times for maps. Also a stratigraphic map would have helped in many spots to let someone imagine the rocky terrain of the Peloponnese and the contrast between Argos; Arcadia; and "Aethiopia" (wherever that might have really been).Even more sad was that several excellent images of Perseus are included in dim black-and-white sketches or photos. Many; many more images of Perseus are referred to in the text and footnotes but never seen. To make matters worse; those images are available; apparently; only in specialist literature that a non-academic like myself can probably never access. There are several public domain images of Perseus on the Internet so perhaps the publisher thought it not worth the expense? And there at least; frustration didn't last long. Why?I have a guilty secret:I spent a good three hours on this site-- [...] -- right after reading Prof. Ogden's book. He made me so interested in the subject matter; I actually read MORE.So maybe there was a *method* to Prof. Ogden's understatement; eh?It too bad the publisher's budget wouldn't stretch to a brighter approach for this book. Maybe for a future edition (hint hint. . .)?0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Clearly Written; Good Introduction to "Gods and Heroes"By NYC Lap SwimmerI bought this for research purposes; to brush up; and it was perfect. It is not for the casual reader as it analyzes various sources of the Perseus legend and is a scholarly text. Well-written and well-organized.
