Influence Management: A Tool for the War on Terrorism

Abstract

On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush said, "We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war - to the disruption and to the defeat of the global terror network." This paper explores the use of influence management, at the strategic level. to defeat terrorism. It examines how the U.S. government must use one of the elements of national power, information, to both protect the friendly center of gravity and should be used to attack decisive points to topple the enemy's center of gravity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404675

Entities

People

  • Shawn M. Mateer

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Broadcasting
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Middle East
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Newspapers
  • Psychological Operations
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies