The Usage of Political Propaganda Method in the Process of Implementing Psychological Operation and the Role of National Morale of the Subjected Country in its Effectiveness or Ineffectiveness

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Azizollah Shahbazi ¹ , Rohollah Shahbi ²

1 - دانشجوی دکتری علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا [e-mail]
2 - استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی گروه علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات خوزستان [e-mail]

Received: 2011-03-18 Accepted : 2012-01-17 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: psychological operation, Psychological warfare, national morale,

Abstract :

Psychological warfare consists of a set of operations which are used in classical wars but in present situation it includes more extensive objectives like weakening the morale of soldiers in war fronts, weakening and misleading the people of countries involved in the war, propaganda force for keeping superiority in war front, spreading rumours for creating fear.