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PsyOps How far is too far?

The Gnome · 2006-07-13 21:28:42

I'm currently reading a book which decribes the birth of PsyOp methodology and I was shocked to read the details of some of the early forays into psychological warfare techniques. Alot of it bordered on what most people would call unethical but most of it was very effective, frighteningly so. So this got me to thinking,…

13-07-2006 10:28pm

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I'm currently reading a book which decribes the birth of PsyOp methodology and I was shocked to read the details of some of the early forays into psychological warfare techniques. Alot of it bordered on what most people would call unethical but most of it was very effective, frighteningly so.

So this got me to thinking, there's obviously a need for this especially with the current state of world politics but from a military point of view how far should a PsyOp team go to break the enemy?

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Just out of interest, I'm a psychoanalyst so I'm a bit interested in this area what book are you reading?

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