On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 09:01:57AM -0400, Robin Hanson wrote: > This is important if true. Which techniques of today were not > available 200 years ago?
I'm not a military expert, but these improvements are apparent to me: - mature anti-colonial propaganda programs such as nationalism and communism. - use of automatic weapons, high explosives and related tactics - use of news media to conduct information and psychological warfare. (If we consider the news media as an intelligence service for the voting public, it clearly has many serious vulnerabilities with regard to counter-intelligence operations. See http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_belmontclub_archive.html#108557152205455635 for some examples.) - use of modern communications technologies (print, radio, Internet, satellite TV, etc.) for financing, recruitment and coordination.
