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‘War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it,’ said William Tecumseh Sherman.1 As we have previously argued in this journal, cyber war is war.2 Whether it is cruel and unrefined depends on the manner in which it is waged.3 While this is not solely up to the United States, US policy can have big effects. Yet, if US policy on offensive cyber war is influential, it is also inchoate. While some vagueness about when and how the United States would conduct offensive cyber operations is necessary, its general policy on this matter warrants debate. This article is meant to inform such a debate.
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