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Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (Operaciones sicológicas en guerra de guerrillas) was a manual written by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for the Nicaraguan Contras, who were involved in a civil war with the Nicaraguan government.
Handbooks and manuals about psychological warfare. Pages in category "Psychological warfare handbooks and manuals" This category contains only the following page.
Urban guerrilla warfare handbooks and manuals (5 P) Pages in category "Guerrilla warfare handbooks and manuals" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Guerrilla warfare is distinguished from the small unit tactics used in screening or reconnaissance operations typical of conventional forces. It is also different from the activities of pirates or robbers. Such criminal groups may use guerrilla-like tactics, but their primary purpose is immediate material gain, and not a political objective.
The CIA wrote a manual for the Contras, entitled Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare (Operaciones sicológicas en guerra de guerrillas), which focused mainly on how "Armed Propaganda Teams" could build political support in Nicaragua for the Contra cause through deceit, intimidation, and violence. [141]
Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PsyOp), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations (), Psy Ops, political warfare, "Hearts and Minds", and propaganda.
After the anti-vax campaign was shut down, an internal U.S. military investigation uncovered several other psychological operations that were "many, many leagues away" from acceptable, an official ...
Psychological operations was assigned to the pre-CIA Office of Policy Coordination, with oversight by the Department of State. [17] The overall psychological operations of the United States, overt and covert, were to be under the policy direction of the U.S. Department of State during peacetime and the early stages of war: