Info Ops: From World War I to the Twitter Era

"An important contribution.... The insights are fresh, fascinating, and, for practitioners, actionable." ―James. P. Farwell, Middle East Institute

Since antiquity, information has been used in conflict―to deceive, to demoralize, to sow fear among enemy troops. Not until the twentieth century, though, did information operations become so central to war. In Info Ops, the authors assess the evolving role and increasing relevance of information operations from the leaflet bombardments of World War I to the present digital age.
CONTENTS: The Nature of Information Operations―the Editors. FORMATION British "Front Propaganda" in World War I―O. Fridman. Soviet Information Operations in World War II―V. Kabernik. Inducement Strategies in the Vietnam War―A. Winn. EVOLUTION. Soviet Propaganda in the War in Afghanistan, 1979–1989―I. Orlov and M. Mironyuk. NATO's Information Campaigns in Afghanistan, 2003–2021―B. Boudreau. Russian and Georgian Operations in South Ossetia, August 7-12, 2008―M. Mironyuk et al. ADAPTATION. Hamas's Strategy Against Israel: From Information Ops to Influence Ops―M. Milstein. Israel's Information Operations in Gaza: The Rise of the Digital Age―R. Schulman and D. Siman-Tov. CONCLUSION. The Future of Information Operations―F. Granelli.