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FM 90-2 Battlefield Deception

FM 90-2

Battlefield Deception

Army · FM · Oct 1988 · 176 pages

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History has shown that there is a potential payoff to be gained by using battlefield deception. Wise military planners throughout history have used deception. It is a low cost and effective way to cause the enemy to waste his efforts. Imaginative use of deception, coupled with aggressive training, improves combat effectiveness at all levels. Throughout our military history, though, commanders viewed deception only as a war-fighting need. Today, commanders use little deception in planning, directing, and conducting combat operations. As a result, many deception-related skills that have served our Army well in the past have been forgotten, and where remembered, have not been made part of our war-fighting capabilities Armywide. This is caused by the following factors and the myths discussed later in this chapter.

DesignationFM 90-2

EditionOct 1988

StatusSuperseded

Pages176

FunctionDoctrine Philosophy

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 8

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