So when i saw dark territory the secret history of cyber war by fred kaplan fmkaplan i decided to take a look to increase my limited knowledge on this subject i found the book to be an excellent primer on the subject and very readable. Dark territory the secret history of cyber war by fred kaplan is an interesting book that pulls together many of the things that i have heard about in the past into a cohesive narrative if there is a complaint i have about the text its that in a way it is too clean. The great strengths of dark territory the secret history of cyber war are the depth of its reporting and the breadth of its ambition mr mr kaplan understands that the line between cyber wars and conventional ones has become more apparent than real and does not shy away from examining the full implications for both. Dark territory the secret history of cyber war dark territory probes the inner corridors of the national security agency the beyond top secret cyber units in the pentagon the information warfare squads of the military services and the national security debates inside the white house to tell the untold story of the officers . Dark territory the secret history of cyber war by fred kaplan though dark territory is presented as a secret history it is really a collection of the not so secret often