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The New Information And Communication Order: Deja Vu All Over Again?, Ibpp Editor
The New Information And Communication Order: Deja Vu All Over Again?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article endorses qualified support for a world seminar on international information activities proposed by a number of Third World countries. It also does not support a political psychology that equates a somewhat similar proposal made in 1976 with the present one.
Taking Down The Tupac Amaru: The Best And Worst Of Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor
Taking Down The Tupac Amaru: The Best And Worst Of Counterterrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Many informed observers are citing the Peruvian governments operation to rescue hostages held by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) at the Japanese Ambassadors residence in Lima, Peru as a textbook success. These observers are already holding up the operation as a standard of counterterrorism (CT) excellence rivaling the Israeli rescue at Entebbe and the German rescue in Somalia. Are these observers right?
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part Ii), Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Part I of this paper (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 17) describes the conceptual problems inherent to propaganda as process. Now Part II will describe the psychological rationale for why propaganda is employed by governments and nonstate actors regardless of these problems.
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part I), Ibpp Editor
Political Propaganda: A Postmodernist Analysis (Part I), Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article presents a number of conceptual problems with assuming that political propaganda is an effective tool in seeking political power.
Sex As A Military Weapon, Ibpp Editor
Sex As A Military Weapon, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Disagreements about military personnel policies on sexuality may be based on the wrong criteria.
The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal
The Need For A United States Government Capacity To Analyze And Counter Foreign Perception Management Operations: Part Iii, Todd Levanthal
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This is the final part of a three-part series by Mr. Todd Leventhal, who from January 1987 to May 1996 was Program Officer for Countering Disinformation at the United States Information Agency (USIA.) The first two parts have contained examples of perception management operations, often against USG interests. The series has reflected his personal opinion, not those of USIA or the US Government (USG.) It has been presented with only the most minor editing.