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Fight, flight, mimic : identity mimicry in conflict / Diego Gambetta, Thomas Hegghammer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Deception (Military science).
- Imitation.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Infiltration (Military science).
- Military art and science--Psychological aspects.
- Military art and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 'Fight, Flight, Mimic' is a systematic study of deceptive mimicry in the context of wars. Deceptive mimicry - the manipulation of individual or group identity - includes passing off as a different individual, as a member of a group to which one does not belong, or, for a group, to 'sign' its action as another group. Mimicry exploits the reputation of the model it mimics to avoid capture (flight), to strike undetected at the enemy (fight), or to hide behind or besmirch the reputation of the model group ('false flag' operations). These tactics have previously been described anecdotally, mixed in with other ruses de guerre, but the authors show that mimicry is a distinct form of deception with its own logic and particularly consequential effects on those involved.
- Contents:
- 1 The Theory and History of Mimicry in Conflict
- 2 Strategic Dynamics of Social Mimicry
- 3 Can You Trust Anyone on Jihadi Internet Forums?
- 4 The Code Word Conundrum in the Northern Ireland Conflict
- 5 The Red Brigade Signature: Mimic-proofing Claims of Political Violent Actions, Italy, 1969-1980
- 6 Where Are the Mimics When Passing Seems Easy?: The Rwandan Genocide in Comparative Perspective
- 7 `Trademark Wars': Naxals versus Criminal Extortionists in India
- 8 Mimicry and Its Double in the Iraqi Civil War.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical records and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 19, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180245-X
- OCLC:
- 1430498477
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