About the book: year / Psychological warfare is a specially organized and professionally carried out influence on the consciousness, feelings and will of the enemy to achieve political goals. Throughout the 20th century, the scale and importance of psychological warfare continuously increased. To date, it has turned into one of the most effective means of struggle between states, as well as between parties, religious-ethnic and financial-economic groupings within countries. The author of the proposed manual, a major specialist in the field of psychological warfare, describes for the first time in the open press in Russian its tasks, forms, means, methods, practical experience. This manual will benefit military psychologists, journalists, political and public figures, party functionaries, and government officials.