This does offer a good perspective for policy makers as a benchmark. However, unlike our transition into the industrial age, the current transition challenges our policy makers much like the Cold War period in that solutions rely on cooperative efforts between government and the civilian sector. Further complicating information policy is the possibility that our form of democracy may be challenged as never before. That said, history suggests there are two great dilemmas. Now, as in the past, the solution lies in a delicate balance between the people, government, and industry.
Privacy has and continues to be a major issue.
Separation of individual vs. national government rights. Nuclear weapons threatened loss of service through mass destruction whereas IW threatens through the net attack. In both cases, the solution depends on a government, industry, and civilian joint effort. The ability of an adversary to manage the American perspective. Unlike nuclear or conventional weapons, it is often impossible to detect an Information Warfare attack until it is too late.