psywarrior
London
Psychological Operations (PSYOP) and Psychological Warfare (PSYWAR), these words
generate thoughts of North Vietnam's "Hanoi Hanna", Japan's "Tokyo Rose" and
more recently the Iraq's infamous "Baghdad Betty" of Desert Storm. To others the
words psychological operations and psychological warfare conjure up images of
our military playing mind games with the enemy. PSYOP is all this and much more,
for you see there are essentially two great forces in warfare:-the physical and
the moral. These two forces suggest two distinct approaches to warfare. One a
"direct" approach, concentrating on the opponent's physical forces, and the
other an "indirect" approach, focusing on moral forces. Both of these approaches
have been tried throughout history, with a noted lack of emphasis on the
indirect approach until more recent times. This website will attempt to give new
emphasis to the indirect approach by conveying a better appreciation for the
application of psychological operations. So sit back and join me on a tour of
the history of Psychological Operations, and what PSYOP is today. - The Life and
Times of the "Psywarrior" - A Brief History of Psychological Operations - Links
on the use of psychological operations/warfare during World Wars I and II,
Korean War, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama (Operation Just Cause) Gulf War (Operations
Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Haiti (Operation Uphold Democracy), Somalia
(Operation Restore Hope), Bosnia & Kosovo (Operation Allied Force), Afghanistan
(Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom). Also samples of
leaflets and unusual PSYOP themes used by both sides in conflicts from World War
I to the present, information on the 4th Psychological Operations Group, the
Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC), the Psychological
Operations Veterans Association (POVA), the PSYWAR Society, a Gulf War Photo
Gallery, the Son Tay POW Rescue Raid, plus stories about two of our nation's
heroes, and much more.
