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To: E. Pluribus Unum

John Boyd (military strategist)

Elements of warfare

Boyd divided warfare into three distinct elements:

Moral Warfare: the destruction of the enemy’s will to win, disruption of alliances (or potential allies) and induction of internal fragmentation. Ideally resulting in the “dissolution of the moral bonds that permit an organic whole [organization] to exist.”

Mental Warfare: the distortion of the enemy’s perception of reality through disinformation, ambiguous posturing, and/or severing of the communication/information infrastructure.

Physical Warfare: the destruction of the enemy’s physical resources such as weapons, people, and logistical assets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd_(military_strategist)


52 posted on 09/29/2011 7:46:28 PM PDT by jimbo123
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55 posted on 09/29/2011 7:48:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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