Psychological Operations: Fighting the War of Ideas

Abstract

Psychological Operations, when properly organized and executed are the Department of Defense's premier capability to counter our enemy's ideological support for terrorism. This ideological support is defined in the National Military Strategy for the War on Terror as our enemy's strategic center of gravity. This paper recommends an established force structure and coordinating mechanism to attack our enemy's strategic center of gravity while defending ours.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2007
Accession Number
ADA493514

Entities

People

  • Michael A. Ceroli

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Information Operations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Psychological Operations
  • Psychology
  • Radio Equipment
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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