Cyberspace Operations

The work

AuthorsJoint Chiefs of Staff
Editors
Typetechreport
Year2018
Citekeystaff2018joint

Where it appeared

Published inU.S. Department of Defense
SeriesJoint Publication
Number in series3-12

Settled

AbstractNo abstract. This is Joint Publication 3-12, US joint doctrine, and its front matter is doctrinal rather than scholarly. Leaf 3 is headed PREFACE and opens with a numbered '1. Scope -- This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, execute, and assess cyberspace operations', followed by '2. Purpose -- This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations'. A scope-and-purpose preface states a document's authority and remit, not its findings. Leaves 9 to 13 carry an EXECUTIVE SUMMARY headed COMMANDER'S OVERVIEW, running five pages -- a chapter-length condensation, which this corpus declines as an abstract on the rule made explicit at dehaan2026pilots and lee2023opportunities: a short labelled summary block is an abstract, a chapter-length summary is part of the document. Leaf 1 is a cover whose seal renders as scattered letter fragments in the text layer, which is why the front matter had to be found by scanning leaves rather than read from the first page. Established by reading leaves 3 and 9-13.

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@techreport{staff2018joint,
  title        = {Cyberspace Operations},
  author       = {Joint Chiefs of Staff},
  year         = {2018},
  journal      = {U.S. Department of Defense},
  series       = {Joint Publication},
}

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