# The Wires of War 2021 book by [[Jacob Helberg]] (*The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power*) arguing that the US–China contest is a "gray war" fought over the internet's infrastructure and information layer — a battle between democratic and authoritarian technology stacks. The book is the intellectual foundation for Helberg's later government work, including [[Tech Decoupling]] and his [[Pax Silica]] framework. ## Stub — fill out - Core argument and reception - How it maps onto his State Department portfolio - Sourcing ## See Also - [[Jacob Helberg]] · [[Jacob Helberg Ideology]] · [[Pax Silica]]