Demoralization (warfare)
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Demoralization is, in a context of warfare and national security, a process in psychological warfare with the objective to erode morale among enemy combatants and/or non-combatants, to encourage them to retreat, surrender or defect, rather than defeating or imprisoning them in combat.
Methods of demoralization include hit-and-run attacks such as snipers, commerce raiding, strategic bombing, static operations such as sieges and naval blockades, disturbing the enemy with less-lethal weapons and incapacitating agents, intimidation such as display of force concentration, and propaganda.
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Examples
- Chieu Hoi, a South Vietnamese campaign for defection from the Viet Cong.
- Operation Nifty Package, where the American military used loud music to encourage general Noriega to surrender
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See also
- Deception
- Destabilisation
- Divide and rule
- Extortion
- Information warfare
- Ruse of war
- Shock and awe
- Terrorism
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