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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTESThe original document contains color images. Together, the three volumes of the Information Age Anthology will offer an understanding of the broad societal and human contexts within which national security must be pursued in the Information Age; provide an understanding of the issues that national security decision makers must cope with during the Information Age; and prognosticate about the ways in which wars and military operations may be conducted during the Information Age, at least in so far as such Information Age contexts, issues, and operations can be ascertained today.The Information Age has just begun. But if we are to reap its benefits to the fullest and avoid its pitfalls to the best of our ability, we must attempt to understand not only where we are in the Information Age, but also where we may be going. It will then be up to us to take this understanding so that we can help chart the wisest direction. This volume, like the one that preceded it and the one that will follow it, is part of this very large and very important effort. 1 improved human-computer interaction, data mining and knowledge extraction and creation tools, have had a growing impact on military capabilities and are beginning to shape the strategic environment within which national security is pursued. As we move further into Information Age, the impact that these technologies will have on national security affairs will become even more important, witness the growing significance of Joint Vision 2010 both here and abroad. The importance of advanced information knowledge and communication technologies for national security is not, however, just about new technologies for the military. It is about how these technologies will alter military strategy, operati...