Samenvatting

The thesis of this essay is that asking whether the conduct of Information Warfare is like the conduct of war described in the Warring States era in ancient China by Sun-Tzu's Art of War can provide strategic insight. It is not asserted, however, that Info War equals Sun-Tzu's Art of War. This essays also asserts that the very "otherness" and "oddness" of the Art of War is its great appeal. It is a means to gain the critical distance or perspective to explore the "otherness" and "oddness" of a universe in which Info War can be seen as somehow "real". It is fundamentally, "serious play".