Global Security and Intelligence Studies Volume 5, Number 1, Spring / Summer 2020 | Page 36

Global Security and Intelligence Studies
Palabras clave: operaciones psicológicas, operaciones de influencia,
guerra de información, psicología, operaciones de información, sexto
dominio, dominio psicológico
心理学作为一个战争领域
摘要
运用心理学来获得优势对抗敌人 , 这从战争起便存在。心理战的起源早于这一现代称呼 , 并且军事领导人从一开始便试图理解敌人 , 并影响后者的行为。本文中 , 作者使用传闻和古代事件实例 , 将心理学作为一个战争领域的历史进行探讨 , 并选择特定时间阶段 , 其间美国或其他国家使用过心理学参与战争。就俄罗斯使用影响力及其对美国造成的影响进行探究 , 将强调信息环境下的战争是什么。作者随后将简要探讨当前的信息战状态 , 并就信息战未来在互联世界中如何发展提供见解。
关键词 : 心理操作 , 影响力操作 , 信息战 , 心理学 , 信息操作 , 第六领域 , 心理领域
Introduction
While there are many Sun Tzu
quotes touting the importance
of psychology in war,
one quote highlights the benefits of using
psychology prior to and during war:
“One need not destroy one’s enemy. One
need only destroy his willingness to
engage” (Nylan 2020). Destroying the
enemy’s willingness to engage can take
several forms: from causing the enemy
to defect to convincing them to avoid
engaging in the first place. In order to
convince the enemy to avoid or cease
engagement, one needs to understand
how the enemy thinks: their motivations,
background, fears, and culture.
The purpose of this paper is to provide
an overview of how psychology has always
been part of large-scale conflict
using examples throughout history. By
providing these examples, the authors
intend to emphasize the importance of
a focused effort of utilizing psychology
as a warfighting domain moving forward.
In order to examine the role of
psychology as a warfighting domain,
the authors define the terminology
used throughout this paper. The authors
then discuss examples of psychological
warfare from ancient history
and mythology. Then the authors then
explore case studies chronologically
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