Soviet Operational Deception: The Red Cloak

Abstract

In order to perform illusions greater than a sleight of hand, the magician often uses a cloak. The creation of illusions is not magical, or mystical, but is a hint of suggestion, an understanding of human nature, relatively simple technical manipulations, and the fulfillment of carefully planted expectations. Despite this fundamental awareness, one is awed by the magicians illusions of objects disappearing and appearing. Similarly, on the battlefield, the application of deception depends on the same nonmystical elements but is potentially fatal for the one awed and surprised.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
AD1122700

Entities

People

  • Richard N. Armstrong

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army Operations
  • Artillery
  • Camouflage
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Deception
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Reconnaissance
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Self Propelled
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • Smoke Screens
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.