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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The infamous manual of covert influence operations, produced for the Nicaraguan Contras and now available in a new, improved, annotated, indexed, transcribed, full-size edition. Learn the tricks of the psy-warriors and defend yourself against manipulation!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>THE INFAMOUS CLASSIC OF POLITICAL & COGNITIVE WAR<ul><li><strong>Based on official C.I.A. declassified material</strong>.</li><li>Learn the <strong>tricks and techniques</strong> of the trade and <strong>defend yourself against manipulation</strong>!</li><li>All-new <strong>introduction</strong>, <strong>annotation</strong>, <strong>additional material</strong>, and <strong>index</strong>.</li><li><strong>Full-size 8.5"x11" format</strong>.</li><li>Contains the <strong>full text</strong> of this <strong>remarkable manual</strong>, based on the <strong>2017 FOIA release</strong> - <strong>not the older redacted versions</strong>.</li><li><strong>Newly-digitized text</strong>: large, clear print</li><li>"Batteries last hours, books last decades: <strong>get the print edition!</strong>"</li></ul><p>Psychological Operations (PSYOP) are a <strong>core component</strong> of all human competition and struggle: from <strong>all-out war</strong>, to <strong>low-intensity conflict</strong>, to the <strong>political and commercial influence operations</strong> whose effects we are exposed to by the news and other media every day.</p><p>Without the ability to <strong>win hearts and minds</strong>, to <strong>cement existing beliefs and loyalties</strong>, to <strong>sway the undecided</strong> and even to <strong>convince enemies to defect</strong>, no exertion of will directed at a group of people can ever be successful, <strong>regardless of its righteousness</strong>.</p><p>Furthermore, without an awareness of the techniques arrayed against us, <strong>anyone can fall victim</strong> to the efforts of influence operators whose <strong>malign intent</strong> may be focused on fomenting <strong>division and instability</strong>.</p><p>This fascinating manual was originally created for anti-Sandinista "Contra" guerrillas in Nicaragua in the early 1980s. In addition to its value as a historical document, the fact that it deals with the use of PSYOP <strong>by a paramilitary group</strong> during a period of <strong>overt war</strong> means that it possesses an <strong>honesty and urgency</strong> that would be unlikely under other circumstances: it treats subjects that would otherwise be considered taboo with <strong>blunt clarity</strong>. The reader is therefore left with <strong>no illusions</strong> about the lengths to which operators may go to <strong>achieve their objectives</strong>.</p><p>Controversy surrounding several such passages in the manual led to <strong>significant media attention</strong> in late 1984, and President Ronald Reagan ordered an investigation into its origins.</p><p>This definitive new <strong>full-size edition</strong> is based on the <strong>complete 2017 FOIA release</strong> of the manual, which has been <strong>transcribed</strong>, <strong>corrected</strong>, <strong>annotated</strong>, and <strong>newly indexed</strong>. It contains a <strong>new introduction</strong> and a <strong>file of related material</strong> from the CIA archives.</p><p><em>For information purposes only.</em></p><p>Search for "Carlile Intelligence Library" to find more fascinating, insightful publications for your professional bookshelf!</p><p><strong>Proudly published in the U.S.A. by CARLILE MEDIA.</strong></p>

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