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George Washington’s Information War
byInformation has been as powerful a weapon as any in the history of warfare. Modern militaries continue to grapple with the power of information…
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This Week on Dispatches: Todd W. Braisted on Point/Counterpoint between Israel Putnam and William Tryon
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor Todd W. Braisted on Israel Putnam and William Tryon trying to influence Hessian…
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Morale Manipulation as the Central Strategic Imperative in the American Revolutionary War
byMost people think of wartime propaganda as atrocity stories about the enemy. But commanders also disseminate false and true information in hopes of boosting…
This Week on Dispatches: Patrick Naughton on Information Control and the Battles of Lexington and Concord
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews active US Army Major and JAR contributor Patrick Naughton on the narrative created by the Provincial Congress…
This Week on Dispatches: Jeffrey Simon on Propaganda, Terror, and the Sons of Liberty
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and expert on terrorism Jeffrey Simon on the Sons of Liberty and the use of propaganda and terrorism in…
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A Loyalist’s Response to the Franco-American Alliance: Charles Inglis’s “Papinian” Essays
byAt nine o’clock on the morning of May 6, 1778, Continental soldiers at Valley Forge emerged from their huts to hear their regimental chaplains…