"[T]he public has access, thanks to the media, to news that they know as 'politics' or 'international relations', 'diplomacy', which only present [...] what we

"[T]he public has access, thanks to the media, to news that they know as 'politics' or 'international relations', 'diplomacy', which only present [...] what we call 'the formal view'. The formal view always masks the 'real view', because the latter is almost always considered not receivable by a public that is not initiated (the widest audience) who would not be able to conceive of international politics in any other way than via the spectrum of ethics adapted only to social relationships between individuals." - Missions, méthodes, techniques spéciales des services secrets au 21e siècle, Lt Col X and Jacques Leger (generally quite a good book on modern information wars and opinion manipulation) http://www.amazon.fr/Missions-m-thodes-techniques-sp-ciales-services-ebook/dp/B00BRV9MZU/ http://www.amazon.fr/Missions-m-thodes-techniques-sp-ciales-...