Information Operations in Iraq.

Abstract

The United States effectively used information operations prior and during the Gulf War. In the wake of the U.S. led coalition victory, Iraq developed an asymmetrical approach to defeating any future coalition effort. Iraq's pattern of behavior demonstrated a growing mastery in perception management. Iraq's effective use of the media squashed U.S. efforts to establish a coalition response to Iraq's non-compliance with the UNSCOM inspections in early 1998. The successful use of information operations by Iraq in early 1998 shows how a small and unsophisticated desert country mastered the use of information operations. Taking from the lessons of trial and error an inexperienced Iraq effectively used asymmetric actions by using the media to influence international opinion and U.S. policy. This paper addresses the media, public opinion and policy prior to, during, and after the Gulf War.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363160

Entities

People

  • Ronald M. Bouchard

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Operations
  • International Law
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Political Systems
  • Public Opinion
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design