The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
released a listing of materials captured along with Osama Bin Laden (OBL) (see:
http://www.odni.gov/index.php/resources/bin-laden-bookshelf?start=3,
which is also the photo source)
It was apparent the OBL was intent on learning about his
enemy. The Al Qaeda leader also recognized the need to appeal to emotions and
to understand ‘how’ his enemy felt, which is not the same as knowing about the
events and experience that influences the enemy.
I’ve taken a few of the titles and listed them below:
·
America’s Strategic Blunders by Willard
Matthias
·
America’s “War on Terrorism” by Michel
Chossudovsky
·
Al-Qaeda’s Online Media Strategies:
From Abu Reuter to Irhabi 007 by Hanna Rogan
·
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by
Greg Palast
·
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by
John Perkins
·
Military Intelligence Blunders by John
Hughes-Wilson
·
New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions
about the Bush Administration and 9/11 by David Ray Griffin
·
Obama’s Wars by Bob Woodward
Life long learning is part of the PSYOPers stock in trade.
We need to keep abreast and perhaps a bit ahead of world events, social media
trends, communications trends and of course cultural, economic and political
issues.
Many CDR provide a reading list for their junior leaders.
Now that summer is around the corner – it’s a good time to update yours.
1 comment:
Brookings posted an item as to what they think OBL was looking to learn: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/05/21-bin-laden-brookings-orino-shapiro?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17842268&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-87UMEQkZvtIxxYwg5n0tbIKb4xWz91N7CCYGOPw3P-bQgcPwJv1Z6Ip9VrxJS7vURA9iNIc308JC1MRx1LEw-xroqPKQ&_hsmi=17842268
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