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The Perfect Weapon: How the Cyber Arms Race Set the World Afire

David E. Sanger

Start date: November 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

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Oct 10, 2018 GrandpaBooks rated it it was amazing

Philip Graham is credited with calling journalism "the first rough draft of history." The author of The Perfect Weapon, David E Sanger, one of the highly respected journalists for the New York Times, called his book "current history." I am going with a 'polished second draft of history.'

As a daily reader of The Times I already had some familiarity with the topics covered in Mr. Sanger's book. However, that reading did not prepare me for what I learned from the depth of research and clarity of wr ...more

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Jan 05, 2019 Francesca rated it it was amazing

Whoa!!!! I knew I was going to read a good book...not a scary one. Having followed Sanger via Twitter, NYT & as part of DSR; this was a no brainer & must read. As technology continues to expand into every aspect of our lives, so does our nation's cyber vulnerability and the race of who can hack better and faster. Sanger's writing and ability to explain such a complicated, technological issue makes this book easy to follow and raise your awareness on the continued pushing of boundaries between ad ...more

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Jul 12, 2018 John Mosman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: political, foreign-affairs

You think you know about cyber warfare? You don't. You might remember the US attack on Iran's centrifuges or how North Korea's missiles exploded on the launch pad. I suspect you know about Russian interference in our last election.

David Sanger's book lays it all out - a new type of warfare is going on now and what we need to understand about the threat, not only to the US but globally. This is a well researched book with an important story to tell. How will the US use cyber attacks and defend a ...more

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Dec 03, 2018 Matt Heavner rated it really liked it

Critical read on cyber / national security. I thought it was an interesting criticism that Cyber Command was operating at the speed of Strategic Command - debating deterrence and strategic stability; while cyber threats evolve at a much faster pace and it is much different dynamic.

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