An exhibit of psyops leaflets released in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya finally shows American people the messages that were made in their nameBy Moustafa BayoumiFor over a century, the United States military has been dropping propaganda leaflets in deliberate psychological operations, or psyops, to a chieve success in war. But the key question behind the effort remains unanswered: does it even work?In 1918, the US released more than 3m leaflets behind enemy lines by plane and hydrogen balloon. To their delight, they found the leaflets helped erode morale and unit cohesion among the Germans in the first world war. Or so the story goes. Continue reading... ...read more read less