Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid

Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

Thomas Rid

528 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative tense slow-paced

Description

This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contemporary internet troll farms.

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