Rattray begins by analyzingsalient features of information infrastructures and distinguishingstrategic information warfare from other types of information-basedcompetition, such as financial crime and economic espionage. Hethen establishes a conceptual framework for the successful conductof strategic warfare in general, and of strategic informationwarfare in particular. Taking a historical perspective, he examinesU.S. efforts to develop air bombardment capabilities in the periodbetween World Wars I and II and compares them to U.S. efforts inthe 1990s to develop the capability to conduct strategicinformation warfare. He concludes with recommendations forstrengthening U.S. strategic information warfare defenses