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

4.0

The book focuses on Russian and former Soviet disinformation efforts over the past 100 years and does a good job going into the details on these endeavors. Lest one thinks that they’ll get a rehash of the 2016 IRA campaign ad infinitum, the book is ¾ of the way through before we are even at the end of the Soviet empire so it’s much more backward looking than focusing at recent events. A lot of the action takes place in post war Germany, where apparently the author spent much of his time as well. The 2016 efforts are definitely given their due but they take place as a part of a larger whole, which is explained very thoroughly here.