The CIA PSYOP Manual - Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare: Updated 20

THE INFAMOUS CLASSIC OF POLITICAL & COGNITIVE WAR<ul><li><strong>Based on official C.I.A. declassified material</strong>.</li><li>Learn the <strong>tricks and techniques</strong> of the trade and <strong>defend yourself against manipulation</strong>!</li><li>All-new <strong>introduction</strong>, <strong>annotation</strong>, <strong>additional material</strong>, and <strong>index</strong>.</li><li><strong>Full-size 8.5"x11" format</strong>.</li><li>Contains the <strong>full text</strong> of this <strong>remarkable manual</strong>, based on the <strong>2017 FOIA release</strong> - <strong>not the older redacted versions</strong>.</li><li><strong>Newly-digitized text</strong>: large, clear print</li><li>"Batteries last hours, books last decades: <strong>get the print edition!</strong>"</li></ul><p>Psychological Operations (PSYOP) are a <strong>core component</strong> of all human competition and struggle: from <strong>all-out war</strong>, to <strong>low-intensity conflict</strong>, to the <strong>political and commercial influence operations</strong> whose effects we are exposed to by the news and other media every day.</p><p>Without the ability to <strong>win hearts and minds</strong>, to <strong>cement existing beliefs and loyalties</strong>, to <strong>sway the undecided</strong> and even to <strong>convince enemies to defect</strong>, no exertion of will directed at a group of people can ever be successful, <strong>regardless of its righteousness</strong>.</p><p>Furthermo