J. Bowyer Bell (1931-2003) was president of International Analysis Center, Inc., a consulting firm focusing on problems of unconventional war, terrorism, deception, risk analysis, and crisis management, and a former senior research associate at the Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University. Barton Whaley is a research professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. An internationally renowned scholar and authority on deception and counter-deception, Dr. Whaley has also been associated with M.I.T., The American University, the RAND Corporation, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the National Intelligence Councils Foreign Denial & Deception Committee (FDDC). He received his Ph.D. in political science from M.I.T.
Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Acknowledgments
Preface
Prologue
PART I: THE NATURE OF DUPLICITY 1. The Prevalence of Guile: The Ruses of War
2. The Structure of Deceit: A Theory of Cheating
3. Applied Theory: Wily Warriors
4. Deceivers and Dupes: Profiles
PART II: CHEATING-THE EIGHTFOLD WAY
5. Magic
6. Games and Sports
7. People and the Everyday World
8. Public Cheating: Politics
Espionage
and War
PART III: CHEATING THE CHEATERS 9. Illusion and Reality in the Arts
10. Hoaxes and Self-deception in Art and Science
Epilogue: Counterdeception
Index
