2010 Complete Guide to Psyop: Military Psychological Operations, Principles and Case Study Book, Documents, Army, Air Force, Special Operations Commands, Doctrine, Civil Affairs (CD-ROM)

This electronic book on CD-ROM provides a comprehensive guide to military psychological operations (PSYOP) - attempts to alter the behavior of people in enemy-controlled territory. These are planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable to the originator's objectives. Dozens of military documents describe all aspects of PSYOP. Contents include: Psychological Operations Principles and Case Studies - Frank Goldstein and Benjamin Findley - Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base * JP 3-13.2, Psychological Operations 2010 - Provides guidance for the planning, execution, and assessment of psychological operations in support of joint, multinational and interagency activities across the range of military operations * JP 3-53 Doctrine for Joint Psychological Operations * IOSphere Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations published by the Joint Information Operations Warfare Command (JIOWC) * U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) * Air Force Research Laboratory Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Models for Psychological Operations * Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Library Publications * The Deadly Side of Information Operations - Frank Goldstein * Establishment of the United States Army Psychological Operations Branch * The Internet and Psychological Operations * Irregular Warfare Special Study - Doctrinal Implications of Irregular Warfare * Modeling and Analysis of Resolve and Morale for the Long War * Psychological Operations Modernization * PSYOP is a nasty term - too bad, redux * Psychological Operations and Air Power: Its Hits and Misses * Psychological Operations Documents * Psychological Operations and Counterterrorism * Psychological warfare ACSC Research Topic Bibliography * Report of the Defense Science Board: Creation and Dissemination of All Forms of Information in Support of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in Time of Military Conflict * Psychological Operations into the 21st Century - A Critical Assessment - U.S. Army * Russian Information-Psychological Actions: Implications for U.S. PSYOP * Special Operations Psychological Operations Material * Strategic Influence Evoluation: USAWC Strategy Research Project * Doctrine NOTAM Psychological Operations * USAF Psychological Operations 1990-2003. From the Foreword to Psychological Operations Principles and Case Studies - Frank Goldstein and Benjamin Findley - Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base: From a military commander's perspective, the role of psychological operations (PSYOP) in the successful planning and execution of modern military operations is absolutely essential. PSYOP is an integral part of the United States Special Operations Command mission. Today, the military faces a dynamic and unpredictable world. PSYOP will remain a valuable instrument in our overall defense posture and will be a key asset in the fulfillment of US national policy. Psychological Operations : Principles and Case Studies serves as a fundamental guide to PSYOP philosophy, concepts, principles, issues, and thought for both those new to, and those experienced in, the PSYOP field and PSYOP applications . This book clarifies the value of PSYOP as a cost-effective weapon and incorporates it as a psychological instrument of US military and political power, especially given our present budgetary constraints. The authors contribute to the understanding of psychological operations by presenting diverse articles that portray the value of the planned use of human actions to influence perceptions, public opinion, attitudes, and behaviors.