The Six Main Forms of Military Deception

In war, where the stakes are so high, there is no moral taint in using deception. To refuse this weapon is a form of unilateral disarmament. And there is no morality or goodness in losing a war. We face a similar dynamic in our daily battles in life. If other people can read what we are up to, predict what we are going to do, while we have no clue about them, they have a constant advantage over us that they cannot help but exploit. In this sense, there is a lot you can learn from the military arts of deception - which are based on timeless laws of psychology. The following are the six main forms of military deception, each with its own