博客來Wars are no longer won by destroying armies. They are won by dismantling belief.
In The Contagion of Doubt, historian and strategic analyst Walter Malausky reveals how modern conflicts are increasingly decided without decisive battles-through psychological manipulation, rumor, cognitive overload, and engineered loss of trust.
Drawing on social network theory, neurobiology, historical case studies, and modern information warfare, this book explains how ＂Behavioral Bombs＂ are planted long before the first shot is fired-and detonated when societies are most vulnerable.
From the Fall of France in 1940 to Mosul in 2014, Afghanistan in 2021, and the drone-dominated wars of the 21st century, Malausky shows how armies collapse not because they are defeated-but because they lose the ability to believe in resistance itself.
Inside the book:
Why surrender spreads like a disease
How rumor outperforms propaganda
The role of fear contagion and amygdala hijack
Why corruption is a psychological weapon
How AI, deepfakes, and social media industrialize doubt
Why modern war begins in the mind, not on the battlefield
This is not a book about fear.
It is a book about how fear is engineered.
Essential reading for military professionals, intelligence analysts, historians, psychologists, and anyone seeking to understand the wars of the future.
