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    George M. Schwartz

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    ©2025 Mark R. Landahl – Chapter 1

    ©2025 George M. Schwartz – Chapter 3

    The US Army War College hosted the inaugural annual Homeland Defense Symposium from February 6 to 8, 2024, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The conference, entitled “Reestablishing the Sanctuary,” featured plenary presentations on defending critical infrastructure, contested deployment, and cognitive defense by experts from military, academic, and government organizations.

    As highlighted in the conference theme, attendees recognized the homeland does not provide the sanctuary it once did, and our society is already under attack. Using disinformation and social media means, our adversaries are engaged in cognitive warfare in the homeland, seeking to shape the attitudes and behaviors of citizens by negatively influencing and disrupting their cognitive processes, thus weakening our society’s political will and degrading national resilience.

    Using contemporary examples to show how disinformation and malinformation undermine trust in government institutions, the authors of these conference papers provide insights and offer solutions for the cognitive defense of the homeland. These papers from the first Homeland Defense Symposium inform policymakers and practitioners on what to expect as we compete internationally and how to prepare for a possible large-scale conflict.

    ISBN

    1-58487-864-9

    Publication Date

    6-26-2025

    Publisher

    USAWC Press

    City

    Carlisle, PA

    Keywords

    cognitive defense, cognitive warfare, resilience, homeland defense, homeland security

    Disciplines

    Defense and Security Studies

    Cognitive Defense: 2024 Homeland Defense Symposium

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