Info Ops: From World War I to the Twitter Era

297 Pages·2022·1.971 MB·English

by  Ofer Fridman (editor), Vitaly Kabernik (editor), Francesca Granelli (editor)

INFO OPS

INFO OPS
W W I
From ORLD AR
to the
T E
WITTER RA
edited by
Ofer Fridman, Vitaly Kabernik,
and Francesca Granelli
boulder
london
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fridman, Ofer, 1979–editor. | Kabernik, Vitaly, 1975–editor. |
Granelli, Francesca, editor.
Title: Info ops : from World War I to the Twitter era / edited by Ofer
Fridman, Vitaly Kabernik, Francesca Granelli.
Other titles: Information operations
Description: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2021] |
Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Assesses the
evolving role and increasing relevance of information operations from
the leaflet bombardments of World War I to the present digital age”—
Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021023050 (print) | LCCN 2021023051 (ebook) | ISBN
9781626379954 (Hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781955055000 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Information warfare—History—Case studies. |
Disinformation—History—Case studies. | Hybrid warfare—History—Case
studies.
Classification: LCC U163 .I54 2021 (print) | LCC U163 (ebook) | DDC
355.3/43—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023050
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023051
British Cataloguing in Publication Data
A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book
is available from the British Library.
Printed and bound in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements
of the American National Standard for Permanence of
Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1992.
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
1
The Nature of Information Operations 1
Ofer Fridman, Vitaly Kabernik, and Francesca Granelli
Part 1 Formation
2
British “Front Propaganda” in World War I 13
Ofer Fridman
3
Soviet Information Operations in World War II 39
Vitaly Kabernik
4
Inducement Strategies in the Vietnam War 65
Aidan Winn
Part 2 Evolution
5
Soviet Propaganda in the War in Afghanistan,
1979–1989 91
Igor Orlov and Mikhail Mironyuk
6
NATO’s Information Campaigns in Afghanistan,
2003–2020 117
Brett Boudreau
7
Russian and Georgian Operations in South Ossetia,
August 7–12, 2008 169
Vitaly Kabernik, Igor Orlov, and Mikhail Mironyuk
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Part 3 Adaptation
8
Hamas’s Strategy Against Israel:
From Information Ops to Influence Ops 195
Michael Milstein
9
Israel’s Information Operations in Gaza:
The Rise of the Digital Age 219
Roy Schulman and David Siman-Tov
Part 4 Conclusion
10
The Future of Information Operations 251
Francesca Granelli
List of Acronyms 269
Bibliography 273
The Contributors 281
Index 283
About the Book 287
Acknowledgments
THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT GEN-
erous and priceless assistance from many people and institutions. First
and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to the Gerda Henkel
Foundation for supporting the workshop “A Century of Information Oper-
ations: From Crewe House to Twitter” that launched this project. Thanks
are also due to the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC)
at King’s College London for hosting the workshop, and the Centre of
Military and Political Studies at Moscow State Institute of International
Relations for assisting in its organization. We are especially grateful to
Neville Bolt, director of KCSC, whose help and support encouraged us to
carry on with this project, and to Marie-Claire Antoine of Lynne Rienner
Publishers for her continuous support and for believing in us and this
book from the beginning. We would also like to express our gratitude to
David Siman-Tov at the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv
University, whose help in the final stages of the project was especially
beneficial. Finally, we acknowledge the authors of the chapters for their
encouragement, patience, and commitment.
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