{"product_id":"the-cia-psyop-manual-psychological-operations-in-guerrilla-warfare-updated-2017-release-newly-indexed-with-additional-material-full-size-edit-paperback","title":"The CIA PSYOP Manual - Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare: Updated 2017 Release - Newly Indexed - With Additional Material - Full-Size Edit - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCentral Intelligence Agency\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRick Carlile\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarlile Media\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INFAMOUS CLASSIC OF POLITICAL \u0026amp; COGNITIVE WAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBased on official C.I.A. declassified material\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the \u003cstrong\u003etricks and techniques\u003c\/strong\u003e of the trade and \u003cstrong\u003edefend yourself against manipulation\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll-new \u003cstrong\u003eintroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eannotation\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eadditional material\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eindex\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull-size 8.5\"x11\" format\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContains the \u003cstrong\u003efull text\u003c\/strong\u003e of this \u003cstrong\u003eremarkable manual\u003c\/strong\u003e, based on the \u003cstrong\u003e2017 FOIA release\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003enot the older redacted versions\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNewly-digitized text\u003c\/strong\u003e: large, clear print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Batteries last hours, books last decades: \u003cstrong\u003eget the print edition!\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychological Operations (PSYOP) are a \u003cstrong\u003ecore component\u003c\/strong\u003e of all human competition and struggle: from \u003cstrong\u003eall-out war\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003elow-intensity conflict\u003c\/strong\u003e, to the \u003cstrong\u003epolitical and commercial influence operations\u003c\/strong\u003e whose effects we are exposed to by the news and other media every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout the ability to \u003cstrong\u003ewin hearts and minds\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003ecement existing beliefs and loyalties\u003c\/strong\u003e, to \u003cstrong\u003esway the undecided\u003c\/strong\u003e and even to \u003cstrong\u003econvince enemies to defect\u003c\/strong\u003e, no exertion of will directed at a group of people can ever be successful, \u003cstrong\u003eregardless of its righteousness\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, without an awareness of the techniques arrayed against us, \u003cstrong\u003eanyone can fall victim\u003c\/strong\u003e to the efforts of influence operators whose \u003cstrong\u003emalign intent\u003c\/strong\u003e may be focused on fomenting \u003cstrong\u003edivision and instability\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating manual was originally created for anti-Sandinista \"Contra\" guerrillas in Nicaragua in the early 1980s. 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