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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Psychological Warfare

Kalliopi Chainoglou

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
August 2016

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 08 September 2024

Subject(s):
Propaganda for war — Ius in bello — Necessity — Conduct of hostilities — Armed conflict

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 Although there is no concise definition of the term ‘psychological warfare’ it has often been associated with the dissemination of propaganda designed to undermine the adversary’s will, with other non-violent warfare acts that influence the military discipline of the adversary, as well as with psychological operations.2 Psychological warfare aims to influence the mind of the adversary. Traditionally, psychological warfare is perceived to be conducted through the dissemination of false rumours; spreading misinformation or disinformation with the intent of eroding...
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