CIA’s Psychological Operations in Guerilla Warfare (pdf)

A tactical manual for the revolutionary. First published by the Central Intelligence Agency and distributed to the Contras in Central America.

“… the human being should be considered the priority objective in a political war. And conceived as the military target of guerilla war, the human being has his most critical point in his mind. Once his mind has been reached, the “political animal” has been defeated, without necessarily receiving bullets.”

ratical.org/ratville/JFK/CIAsPsyOpGW.pdf