This book examines the role of cyber-doom rhetoric in the U.S. cybersecurity debate.

Sean T. Lawson is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Utah and Adjunct Scholar at the Modern War Institute at West Point, USA.

1. The Cyber Sky is falling! An Introduction to Cyber Doom 2. From WarGames to Cyber Pearl Harbor: Motivating Cybersecurity with Cyber-Doom Rhetoric 3. From Wire Devils to Cyber Squirrels: Cyber-Doom Rhetoric as Fear of Technology-Out-of-Control 4. Panic, Paralysis, and Social Collapse: The Exaggerated Fears of Cyber Doom 5. When Fear Fails: The Dangers of Cyber-Doom Rhetoric 6. Cold War 2.0 and the Emergence of Cyber-Enabled Political Warfare 7. After Action Report and Lessons Learned