Psychological Operations : The Soviet Challenge

This book evolved from a panel entitled'Psychological Operations: East and West', presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Fall of 1983. The panel focused on the use of propaganda as an instrument of foreign policy by the Soviet Union and its alli Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Preface 10 1. INTRODUCTION 12 2. SOVIET STRATEGIC PROPAGANDA FORCES 31 3. THE EASTERN VIEW OF SECURITY 40 4. SOVIET PROPAGANDA IN THE THIRD WORLD 55 5. SOVIET-SPONSORED CLANDESTINE RADIO 71 6. THE LESSON OF 007 88 7. EAST GERMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS: A 1965 CASE STUDY 100 8. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND US FOREIGN POLICY 135 9. MILITARY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND US STRATEGY 156 10. "HOW CAN WE WIN THE COLD WAR?"—PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AND AMERICAN POLICY PLANNING, 1946-1951 176 11. US ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS AND THE ARMY RESERVE 199 About the Authors 221 Index 223 This book evolved from a panel entitled "Psychological Operations: East and West", presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Section on Military Studies, at the Naval Postgraduate School in the Fall of 1983.