This assignment is a take-home essay assignment of two questions to test your knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. YOU WILL DRAFT AND SUBMIT TWO ESSAYS.

Of the four essay options below please choose two to answer. In completing these essays you must make reference to the course readings to back up and support your answers. Use a formal outline, sections, including an intro and conclusion paragraphs, supporting paragraphs with section headings throughout. These essays will test your knowledge of the following objectives.

Essay 1: Comprehend basic theories of the use of Denial and Deception in shaping perception.

Joseph W. Caddell’s article, “Deception 101 – Primer on Deception” describes several theories associated with shaping perception via deception. Select an example from Caddell’s case studies of a “passive” deception and how it was designed to shape adversary perceptions.

Essay 2: Describe the principles that determine the success of Denial and Deception efforts.

Describe and discuss the relationship between: Focus, Objective, Centralized Planning and Control, Security, Timeliness, and Integration in Denial and Deception Efforts.

Essay 3: Assess the application of these principles in historical examples.

Using material in the reading, “Hoodwinked During America’s Civil War” identify and assess which of the principles of Focus, Objective, Centralized Planning and Control, Security, Timeliness, and Integration were used by Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosencrans to get his army across the Tennessee River without being detected by the forces of Confederate General Braxton Bragg.

Essay 4: Examine the contemporary role of Denial and Deception in national security affairs.

Explain why Denial and Deception operations still succeed when employed against modern, professional leaders, in spite of the considerable body of information available concerning such activities. Support your response with examples and references to the literature.

Each essay should be 3-4 pages in length (not including title page and reference list). The body of your paper should follow standard Chicago style formatting and utilize 1 inch margins on all 4 sides, be double spaced (without an extra space between paragraphs), use times new roman 12-point font. You must support each answer with references to the literature. You should format your references using the Chicago ENDNOTES. Do NOT use quotes.

Sources:

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/deception.pdf

https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=24046

http://thirdcops.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/whaleybibliographycounterdeceptionsecondedition.pdf

http://www.informingscience.org/Publications/480?Source=%2FJournals%2FInformingSciJ%2FArticles%3FVolume%3D9-2006

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_13_4.pdf

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm

http://www.artofwarsuntzu.com/Art%20of%20War%20PDF.pdf

http://www.historynet.com/hoodwinked-during-americas-civl-war-union-military-deception.htm

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/

http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerOdyssey9.html

https://www.nasaa-home.org/1SIGNIT_&_ASA_History/SIGNIT_History/23rdhqs.html

https://www.youtube.com/embed/uM0iBeiLpOQ?wmode=opaque&rel=0

http://www.themanwhoneverwas.com/operationmincemeat.html

https://lgapi-us.libapps.com/widgets.php?site_id=1192&widget_type=10&output_format=1&widget_embed_type=2&course_id=52908&enable_navigation=1&config_id=1582735268608#

http://www.maskelynemagic.com/

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm90-2/toc.htm

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/Est%20on%20Soviet%20Strategic.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/volume-46-no-1/soviet-deception-in-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

Choose two essay questions and answer them. Complete three pages per answer.