Strategic Communications for the War on Terrorism, Countering Middle Eastern Anti-American Bias

Abstract

Despite the growth of media outlets in the Middle East inarguably the understanding of US strategic vision and intent is commonly misunderstood and/or misconstrued. In fact an active mis-information campaign is commonly practiced by media throughout the region. The loss to the US in "soft power" and influence has been incalculable and must be reversed. My intent in this document is to analyze the makeup of the average man on the Arab Street, utilize the information the analysis provides, and devise a strategy to combat the propaganda and mis-information he has been exposed to throughout his life. Based on those findings I will develop proposals that utilize all aspect of America's national power to include initiatives in both the public and private sectors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432507

Entities

People

  • Paul Gallagher

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Operations
  • Middle East
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Psychology
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Public Policy
  • Social Sciences
  • Strategic Communications
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies