Tactical Influence: How I Countered An Insurgency With Words

By Mitchell C. Hockenbury

2021 Military Writers Society of America award winner!

A first hand account of changing from heavy-handed tactics to using the soft skills of communication during "Al-Queda's Last Stand" in Mosul, Iraq. The author successfully used techniques based on Robert Cialdini's classic book, Influence to counter an insurgency. This book is a page-turning account of one platoon's efforts in a kinetic environment to fight and win.

You will learn: A counterintuitive approach to squashing an insurgency among local civilian populationsHow to become a trusted person who the locals can depend uponWhy using techniques of a stock broker may be your best friend in the fieldThink an iron fist will work in every situation? Think again!How a book by Warren Buffet's partner changed my strategy in the fieldWhy you need to learn the strategy of reciprocity and how to apply it nowThe reason "door-to-door selling" will save you massive amounts of time in the long runBut that's not all, you will learn the real life stories and case studies that applied these methods at an extremly high success rate.

So, let me tell you the story of how we won our corner of Mosul, and how you can win at war, too. Let's get into it...

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057877142X
• ISBN13: 9780578771427
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Tactical Influence
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"