Cold War Operation Used ‘Vampire’ Folklore to Intimidate Philippine Insurgents

Cold War Operation Used ‘Vampire’ Folklore to Intimidate Philippine Insurgents

During the early Cold War, US-backed forces within the Philippines carried out a psychological warfare marketing campaign that exploited native vampire folklore to intimidate communist insurgents. While usually referred to as a “CIA vampire operation,” the marketing campaign relied on manipulating beliefs within the aswanga vampire-like determine in Filipino folklore, slightly than any literal supernatural…

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