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Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It Hardcover – October 8, 2019
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Disinformation is as old as humanity. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple, that was disinformation. But the rise of social media has made disinformation even more pervasive and pernicious in our current era. In a disturbing turn of events, governments are increasingly using disinformation to create their own false narratives, and democracies are proving not to be very good at fighting it.
During the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel, the former editor of Time and an Under Secretary of State, was on the front lines of this 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 left out by modernism. 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 readers through of 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. An urgent book for our times, Information Wars stresses that we must find a way to combat this ever growing threat to democracy.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAtlantic Monthly Press
- Publication dateOctober 8, 2019
- Dimensions6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-100802147984
- ISBN-13978-0802147981
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Insider account of combating disinformation campaigns by ISIS, Russia, and Trump during Obama administration.Popular highlight
The weaponization of grievance is the unified field theory behind the rise of nationalism and right-wing strongmen.207 Kindle readers highlighted thisPopular highlight
Disinformation is especially hard for us to fight because our adversaries use our strengths—our openness, our free press, our commitment to free speech—against us.137 Kindle readers highlighted thisPopular highlight
The internet is the greatest delivery system for confirmation bias in history. The analytical and behavioral tools of the web are built to give us information we agree with.127 Kindle readers highlighted this
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“With the eye of a historian and the passion of a man in the arena, Richard Stengel has given us a compelling and illuminating memoir of his time at the highest levels in the fight against disinformation and for American values. Richly observed and thoughtfully rendered, Stengel’s book is essential reading.” ―Jon Meacham
“Information Wars is a gripping insider account of the U.S. government’s struggle to understand and fight back against a new generation of online threats from extremist messaging and Russian disinformation. As a celebrated journalist who moved into the frontlines of this fight, Richard Stengel sheds new light on how bad actors leverage technology to undermine trust, and helps us better understand what must be done to protect our democracy.” ― Madeleine K. Albright
“With colorful behind-the-scenes stories and razor-sharp insights, Stengel provides the first insider report from the front lines of the disinformation wars waged by Russia and ISIS. At the heart of the struggle was the way the internet allowed people to weaponize grievances, as Donald Trump did in his campaign. Countering this trend is the most crucial challenge for our democracy and free society. Stengel shows how we’ve failed and what we can do in the future.” ―Walter Isaacson
“Information Wars ought to be a wake-up call. The message is that open, democratic societies are in retreat. There’s only one force powerful enough to save the day (one too little mentioned these days), and that’s the readers and viewers who consume information.”―David Ignatius, Washington Post
“As a Washington insider and former journalist, Stengel writes from a rare and illuminating double perspective…Stengel's recounting of the events and individuals, including Putin and Trump, involved in the surge in and fight against propaganda and misinformation is jarring yet hopeful as he concludes with a blueprint for remedy and change.” ―Booklist
“With great clarity, [Stengel] recounts the hurdles he encountered: bureaucratic procedures, acronyms and government-speak, endless vetting and turf battles, all of which slowed efforts to bring his print-oriented office into the era of social media…A revealing look at America's difficult struggle to combat false, misleading narratives” ―Kirkus Reviews
“The book introduces ways to reduce the impact of disinformation and propaganda, including real-time disclosure of who’s paying for political ads and more transparent sourcing in news reporting. Readers interested in how disinformation fits into today’s foreign affairs landscape will want to give this a look.” ―Publishers Weekly
“As Richard Stengel argues in his important book Information Wars, certain governments, such as Russia, and terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State (ISIS), engage in disinformation to create their own false and extremist narratives, which democracies, such as the United States, are proving to be ineffective at countering. Mr. Stengel is especially suited to discuss these issues.”―Washington Times
Praise for Richard Stengel and Mandela's Way:
“There is no man I admire more than Nelson Mandela. Rick Stengel’s wise and moving book captures the Nelson Mandela I have been privileged to know. But reading Mandela’s Way gave me new insights and inspiration. I am confident it will give the same gifts to others. I was inspired anew, and I know others will be too.”
―President Bill Clinton
“This delightfully inspiring book is a philosophical guide to how we can aspire to achieve Mandela’s grace and how we can draw upon his greatness as a model for the comportment of our lives each day.”
―Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
“Nelson Mandela has lived every word of his teaching, whatever the cost. His abiding lesson is about forgiveness. Mandela’s Way takes us into the inner life of one of the most of important heroes of the century. There are lessons here that could radically change the way you live your life.”
―Deepak Chopra, author of The Ultimate Happiness Prescription
“Mandela’s Way is a timely and welcome reminder of this great man’s political genius, personal integrity, and peerless instinct for survival and triumph. Every world leader should keep Mandela’s Way within easy reach.”
―Tom Brokaw
“Here is the wisdom of the world’s greatest moral leader brilliantly distilled by a wonderful writer. From the time they spent working closely together on Mandela’s memoirs, Rick Stengel draws fifteen big life lessons plus hundreds of smaller insights, while also giving us an intimate and astonishingly honest look at this inspiring human being.”
―Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Einstein
“Mandela’s Way is an electrically exciting, direct, and vivid way of making greatness tangible, human and complex. Richard Stengel has honed all the elegance and lucidity of thirty years of brilliant cultural and political writing into a book to illuminate, to inspire―and to endure.”
―Pico Iyer, author of The Open Road and The Lady and the Monk
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- Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press (October 8, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0802147984
- ISBN-13 : 978-0802147981
- Item Weight : 1.35 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
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- #154 in Propaganda & Political Psychology
- #163 in Media & Internet in Politics (Books)
- #519 in Elections
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As a 70 year-old who does not own any of today's "platforms" (except, perhaps, this computer), I was astounded at how Russia and ISIS had overwhelmed the "information space" of the Middle East and the Ukraine. Honestly, it was eye-opening for me.
I came away from this book appreciating the author's labors in Foggy Bottom, his ability to build teams which came to grips with the problem (at least partially), and his humble, amusing recounting of events. An easy three-hour read, but it made clear to me exactly what disinformation is, and how radioactive and corroding it can be.
The conclusion of the book ties our current president to the propaganda that allowed him to change the narrative during the 2016 election without showing political bias.
This is an excellent read and I’ve bought three copies for people I knew would find insightful.
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