The Zapatista "Social Netwar" in Mexico

• Main Author: Ronfeldt, David (auth)
• Other Authors: Arquilla, John (auth), Fuller, Graham (auth), Fuller, Melissa (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 1998
• Subjects: International relations; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The information revolution is leading to the rise of network forms of organization in which small, previously isolated groups can communicate, link up, and conduct coordinated joint actions as never before. This in turn is leading to a new mode of conflict--netwar--in which the protagonists depend o...