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Deception in war

Documents the many instances of deception in war, from the Trojan Horse and Pharoah Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites to the Gulf War, and details how technology has evolved and increased the range and subtlety of what is possible, from bogus radio traffic to false smells
Print Book, English, 2001
Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 2001
xii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9781585672042, 9781585673810, 1585672041, 1585673811
47658802
Introduction
A history of bluff in warfare
The information battle
The principles of deception
The methods of deception
Tactical and operational deception
Strategic deception
Naval deception
Deception in air operations
Operation bodyguard
Maskirovka
Deception in counter-revolutionary and irregular warfare
The future of deception