Psychological operations : learning is not a defense science project / Curtis D. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Curtis D., author.

Contributor:

Joint Special Operations University (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

JSOU report ; 07-4.

JSOU report ; 07-4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychological warfare.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 34 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hurlburt Field, Florida : The JSOU Press, 2007.

Summary:

This paper intends to demystify Psychological Operations (PSYOP) by framing the analysis in terms of certain cultural biases, organizational challenges, and troubles with terminology. The objective is twofold: a. Make PSYOP more understandable by looking at how it is defined in today's information environment and its relationship to other information activities. b. Create an understanding that PSYOP is truth-based, is an amalgam of many media and marketing tactics and techniques, and requires a closer alliance with Public Affairs to communicate a more comprehensible message.

Contents:

Foreword

About the Author

Introduction

Cultural Blindness, the Need for Nonlinear Warfare

Operational Confusion, Mistaken Identity

Definitional Delirium, Enthusiasm Exceeds Capability

Terminology, the P Word

Conclusion, P for Partnership

Endnotes.

Notes:

"March 2007"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-34).

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (JSOU, viewed July 13, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Boyd, Curtis D. Psychological operations

OCLC:

927108591