The Revolution in Military Affairs [1998]

What is going on is that the American defense community has “discovered” information power, or the power of information. In some ways, this is a triumph for common sense. You may recall that, writing in the fifth century BC, Sun Tzu advised that: Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement.