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A Deception Overlook: Adversarial Perception Shaping
Midterm Essay 1
INTL413 D001 Fall 2020
Introduction
Deception has been a political and military tool for centuries. It comes in forms of
concealment, misdirection, as an activity designed to mislead and confuse. However, when it
comes to conflict, deception is much more, it is altering a perceived reality, and presenting
something false in order to achieve a goal. It is the process of altering reality, of changing one’s
opponent’s perception, that is military deception’s greatest hurdle, and finest achievement.
Deception Definition and Explanation
In Joseph Caddell’s article, “Deception 101 - Primer on Deception,” he splits his focus
and definitions mainly into two sides: political and military deception. Furthermore, to this
definition, he delves into his own theories on the shaping of perception through deception.
Deception is understood as measures or activities undertaken that are designed to mislead an
enemy, through the use of concealment, distortion, manipulation, or falsification of evidence.1
Its very nature is to hide what is true and show what is false, thus leaving the enemy with a
falsely perceived reality designed for their consumption and to their disadvantage.
The Theory of Deception
Caddell continues his definition of deception as he addresses two types of deception,
‘active’ and ‘passive’. Active is the process of providing an enemy with information regarding
your intentions and capabilities that do not exist or showing the false. Passive deception, on the
other hand, is intended to hide one’s true intentions, capabilities, and/or information from an
adversary; also summed up as hiding the real. Diving further into the dichotomy, Caddell brings
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