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Psychological warfare

Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PSYOPs), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations (MISO), political warfare, "winning hearts and minds", and propaganda. The term is used "to denote any action which is practiced mainly by psychological methods…

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related to Vietnam War · 26
Psychological warfare → Americans, During, English-language, Hanoi Hannah, Her, In Operation Wandering Soul, National Liberation Front, Ngọ, NLF, North Vietnam, North Vietnamese Army, Phoenix Program, Radio Hanoi, She, South Vietnam, The Phoenix Program, The United States, The Vietcong, Thu Hương, Trịnh Thị Ngọ
related to External links · 22
Psychological warfare → Adapts Cold-War Idea, Archived, CIA, December, Fight Terrorists, Heraldry, Influence Operations Archived, Institute, IWS, March, New York Times, Original, Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, Pentagon, Project GutenbergIWS Psychological Operations, Psychological OperationsThe Nature, PSYOP, PsyOps, The Information Warfare Site, USA Today
related to World War II · 20
Psychological warfare → A' Force, Allied, British, Clarke, Czechoslovak, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia's, Dudley Clarke, During World War II, French, German, Germany, Germany's Fall Grün, His, It, John Bevan, London Controlling Section, Munich Agreement, The, WW2
related to Examples of the term · 18
Psychological warfare → Demoralization, Distributing, False, German, Germany, Information, Lord Haw-Haw, Most, Nazi, Operation Nifty Package, Poland, Polish, Projecting, Propaganda, Shock, TerrorismThe, The Gleiwitz, World War II
related to Modern era · 17
Psychological warfare → American, August, Because, British, Brock, During, Fort Detroit, In, Indian Wars, Indians, Major-general Sir Isaac Brock, Native American, Native Americans, New England, Northeast, On, War
related to United Kingdom · 17
Psychological warfare → Armed Services, Brigade, British Armed Forces, First, Gulf War, In, MI5, Psychological Operations Group, PsyOps, Reserves, Second World Wars, Secret Intelligence Service, Security Assistance Group, See, The British, The Group, The Psychological Operations Group
related to 21st century · 16
Psychological warfare → Contra, Cuban, Florida, However, In, Iraq War, Iraqi Army, Miami, Nicaragua, Panamanians, Sandinista, The CIA, The United States, TV, TV Marti, United States
related to Early · 16
Psychological warfare → AD, Alexander, Currying, Defeating, Europe, Genghis Khan, Great, Greek, His, If, Khan, Middle East, Mongol, Mongol Empire, Tales, The Mongol
related to Israel · 12
Psychological warfare → Abu Ali Express, Arab, Haaretz, IDF, In, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Jewish Israeli, Telegram, The IDF's, The Israeli, Twitter
related to United States · 12
Psychological warfare → Defense, Department, DoD, During World War II, Germany, Joint Publication, Psychological, Staff, The, This, United States, United States Joint Chiefs

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psychological warfare war propaganda operations german operation military use also british used states soldiers world media radio information government united

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radio allows for direct communication with an enemy populaceinstance ofMass communication0.80text
and therefore has been used in many effortsinstance ofMass communication0.80text
the Croatsinstance ofthe attempts of the latter focused on the lack of ethnic cohesion in the Empire and stoked the grievances of minorities0.80text
Slovenesinstance ofthe attempts of the latter focused on the lack of ethnic cohesion in the Empire and stoked the grievances of minorities0.80text
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryThe CIA0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryContra0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centurySandinista0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryNicaragua0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryPanamanians0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryTV0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryThe United States0.60section
Psychological warfarerelated to 21st centuryCuban0.60section

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