Active Measures. The Secret History Of Disinformation And Political Warfare
Active Measures. The Secret History Of Disinformation And Political Warfare
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Author
Author
Thomas Reed / Томас Рид
Dimension
Dimension
128x198mm (5'x7,8')
ISBN
ISBN
9781788160759
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
528
Publisher
Publisher
Profile Books
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2021
Active Measures. The Secret History Of Disinformation And Political Warfare
We live in an age of subterfuge. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and forging data, often with the goal of weakening the very foundation of liberal democracy: trust in facts. Thomas Rid, a renowned expert on technology and national security, was one of the first to sound the alarm. Even before the 2016 election, he warned that Russian military intelligence was 'carefully planning and timing a high-stakes political campaign' to disrupt the democratic process. But as crafty as such so-called active measures have become, they are not new.
In this astonishing journey through a century of secret psychological war, Rid reveals for the first time some of history's most significant operations - many of them nearly beyond belief. A White Russian ploy backfires and brings down a New York police commissioner; a KGB-engineered, anti-Semitic hate campaign creeps back across the Berlin Wall; the CIA backs a fake publishing empire, run by a former Wehrmacht U-boat commander that produces Germany's best jazz magazine.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:Thomas Reed - Томас Рид
Publisher:Profile Books
Language:English
Publication Date:2021
Number of pages:528 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:128 mm / 5'
Height:198 mm / 7,8'
Weight:420 g
ISBN:9781788160759