Throughout the recorded history of warfare, military planners and commanders have sought to deceive their adversary as to the size, timing, or location of an attack, in order to gain a decisive advantage. From the famous "Trojan Horse" to modern efforts to use the electromagnetic spectrum to "spoof" or "jam" sensors, deception in some form remains an essential component of military operations. Whether attacking an unsuspecting enemy on Christmas morning, as Washington did at Trenton, or emplacing "Quaker guns" (logs painted black to resemble cannon) to provide the impression of strength, US forces have successfully built on a long legacy of military deception (MILDEC) in order to prevail in the nation's wars. While technology continues to advance at a dizzying pace, threatening to render previous lessons obsolete, MILDEC operations have successfully withstood previous developments and even incorporated new technologies continue to continue to form an important part of combat operations. While potentially capable, in some cases, of enabling military forces to prevail without a fight, as the theorist Sun Tzu postulated, more often MILDEC confers an advantage that helps the side that successfully harnesses it prevail, often at a much lower cost that it would have otherwise. Thus, MILDEC, and its long and successful history, remain an important, even vital, tool for any future leader" -- Provided by publisher.

Series foreword written by Lieutenant General Michael D. Lundy, US Army.

Introduction :Multi-domain deception / Christopher M. Rein -- Belfort ruse : the American deception plan for the Battle of St. Mihiel, 1918 / Lieutenant Colonel Mark E. Grotelueschen -- From Beersheba to Megiddo : British deception operations during the Palestine Campaign, 1917-1918 / Major Brian J. Dohan -- Operation BERTRAM : British deception at El Alamein / Gary W. Linhart -- Operations BARCLAY, CASCADE, AND MINCEMEAT : allied deception in the Mediterranean, 1943 / Gregory S. Hospodor -- Operation KREML : German Strategic deception on the Eastern Front in 1942 / Alan P. Donohue -- Red Star resurgent : Soviet deception operations at Stalingrad, 1942-1943 / Frist Lieutenant Kyle B. Vautrinot -- Operation BAGRATION : Maskirovka at its height, summer 1944 / Curtis S. King -- Deceive, divert, and delay : Operation FORTITUDE in support of D-Day / Scott C. Farquhar -- Chinese deception and the 1950 intervention in the Korean War / Joseph G.D. Babb -- From maneuvers to war : the Egyptian deception plan on the eve of the 1973 War / Joseph G.D. Babb -- Target San Carlos : British deception during the repossession of the Falkland Islands / Steven Paget -- Deception in the desert : deceiving Iraq in Operation DESERT STORM / Donald P. Wright -- Conclusion : -- The future of military deception operations / Conrad C. Crane. Introduction - Multi-domain deception / by Christopher M. Rein -- The Belfort ruse: the American deception plan for the Battle of St. Mihiel, 1918 / by Lieutenant Colonel Mark E. Grotelueschen -- From Beersheba to Megiddo: British deception operations during the Palestine Campaign, 1917-1918 / by Major Brian J. Dohan -- Operation BERTRAM: British deception at El Alamein / by Gary W. Linhart -- Operations BARCLAY, CASCADE, and MINCEMEAT: Allied deception in the Mediterranean, 1943 / by Gregory S. Hospodor -- Operation KREML: German strategic deception on the Eastern Front in 1942 / by Alan P. Donohue -- Red star resurgent: Soviet deception operations at Stalingrad, 1942-1943 / by First Lieutenant Kyle B. Vautrinot -- Operation BAGRATION: maskirovka at its height, summer 1944 / by Curtis S. King -- Deceive, divert, and delay: Operation FORTITUDE in support of D-Day / by Scott C. Farquhar -- Chinese deception and the 1950 intervention in the Korean War / by Joseph G.D. Babb -- From maneuvers to war: the Egyptian deception plan on the eve of the 1973 war / by Tal Tovy -- Target San Carlos: British deception during the repossession of the Falkland Islands / by Steven Paget -- Deception in the desert: deceiving Iraq in Operation DESERT STORM / by Donald P. Wright -- Conclusion - The future of military deception operations / by Conrad C. Crane.