Preface Reflex control is one of the most interesting, yet complex, concepts in the study of strategic communication, psychological warfare, and information operations. According to Soviet military theory during the Cold War, it was conceived as a means of manipulating the perception and reasoning of an adversary in order to force the other side to voluntarily make a choice favorable to the manipulator. Unlike coercion, which is based on deceptive pressure or falseness, refle

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four” (Orwell 81). With this quiet yet powerful declaration, Winston Smith in the...