The 1958 ‘Psychological Warfare’ Plan Playing Out Before Us

The 1958 ‘Psychological Warfare’ Plan Playing Out Before Us
The book "The Naked Communist," written in 1958, lays out communist goals for America. Of the Founding Fathers, it said: “[p]resent them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the ‘common man.’” Scott Olson/Getty Images
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I recently wrote about an old 1984 interview with former communist Yuri Bezmenov, who described the “ideological subversion” that could eventually take down America. It sounds like the stuff of conspiracy theories—until one realizes that his predictions of “demoralization,” “destabilization,” and “crisis” are all unfolding before our eyes.
Pondering his prophetic words, I hunted up an old book a friend mentioned to me years ago: “The Naked Communist.” The title, I admit, is chuckle-worthy, but the words inside are no laughing matter, particularly when one reads the section titled, “Importance of the Psychological War.”
Annie Holmquist
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