Chapter 1 WAR – The Dragon VS The Woman
In this article I want to go a little deeper into brainwashing aka psychological warfare. It sounds like something very complicated but it really is not and it is something that is around us and many are affected by it on a daily basis. You could think of it as manipulation but in a much broader scale. In today's world this is usually accomplished by using TV, radio and online sources where you have access to a large audience.
Psychological warfare is the planned tactical use of propaganda, threats, and other non-combat techniques during wars, threats of war, or periods of geopolitical unrest to mislead, intimidate, demoralize, or otherwise influence the thinking or behavior of an enemy.
While all nations employ it, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lists the tactical goals of psychological warfare or psychological operations (PSYOP) as:
- Assisting in overcoming an enemy’s will to fight
- Sustaining the morale and winning the alliance of friendly groups in countries occupied by the enemy
- Influencing the morale and attitudes of people in friendly and neutral countries toward the United States
https://www.thoughtco.com/psychological-warfare-definition-4151867
The main goal of psychological warfare is to intimidate or to mislead the enemy in order to control them, to gain a tactical advantage or to stop them from resisting.