Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the 21st Century

Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the 21st Century by Matthew Ford and Andrew Hoskins

Matthew Ford and Andrew Hoskins have written a comprehensive analysis of the new age of information warfare and understand what it means to have an information advantage. They provide a thorough review of modern history as it pertains to the intersections of war, people, data and technology, and how the manipulation of all three has redefined war. Further, they illuminate how the removal of traditional boundaries between these fields has led to a sustained period of low-grade persistent political violence.

The main contribution of this work is its holistic perspective of the topic. Most writing on this subject focuses on the weaponization of social media alone, but this work expands on the traditional...