World War III: Information Psychological Warfare

Author: [Russian] B.A. Lisitsky
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The issue of information warfare has been gaining increasing interest in our country. It is a new type of warfare that targets the mindset of the public. It is based on the conditions of controlling and manipulating public consciousness, and making people's will submit. Those affected by information psychological influence are often unaware of it. The authors of this book, B.A. Lisitsky and I.A. Shelepkin, have long been engaged in research on forecasting and ecological issues. They have published specialized academic works that thoroughly explore the global ecological threats. The authors conclude that information weapons are currently the main danger directly threatening humanity. They can change people's mindset, force them to accept a false reality, live in a world of fantasy, and thus take self-destructive actions. The book elaborates on the methods of applying information psychological influence, narrates the dramatic changes and vicissitudes of 50 years of anti-Soviet information psychological warfare, and the disasters suffered by the Soviet people. More importantly, it describes the changes in social consciousness, which make the public not live in the real world but in a fantasy world imposed and constructed by the outside world. The book cites a wealth of practical materials. It is a warning, reminding people to recognize the nature and techniques of information's control over the public, and to understand that the uncontrolled spread of information and information technology not only leads to the extinction of several ethnic groups but also threatens the destruction of the entire modern civilization. To resist information aggression, one must first recognize the essence of the events that have already occurred.