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    Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It
    Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It
    Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It
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    Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It

    Written by Richard Stengel

    Narrated by Christopher Grove

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    During the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel, the former editor of Time magazine and an Under Secretary of State, was on the front lines of the new global information war. At the time, he was the single person in government tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS's messaging and Russian disinformation. Then, in 2016, as the presidential election unfolded, Stengel watched as Donald Trump used disinformation himself, weaponizing the grievances of Americans who felt overlooked. In fact, Stengel quickly came to see how all three players had used the same playbook: ISIS sought to make Islam great again; Putin tried to make Russia great again; and we all know about Trump.

    In a narrative that is by turns dramatic and eye-opening, Information Wars walks listeners through this often frustrating battle. Stengel moves through Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and introduces characters from Putin to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Mohamed bin Salman to show how disinformation is impacting our global society. He illustrates how ISIS terrorized the world using social media, and how the Russians launched a tsunami of disinformation around the annexation of Crimea-a scheme that became the model for their interference with the 2016 presidential election.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 8, 2019
    ISBN9781684576609

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    • 5/5
      So well done. I felt like I got a real look at the state department, how disinformation became so prevalent, and I feel like I understand how it can be combatted.

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    • 1/5
      I cant wait till this generation is gone and we can put this idiot cold war world to bed.
    • 1/5
      Book about disinformation of US enemies = Trump, ISIS, AND RUSSIA. All 3 have had some really positive news cycles... no they didn't. The press hates all of them. This is a very one sided book that would have been more interesting if it didn't make US to be spotless in its own use of disinformation. Can't say it's not biased or bipartisan