Information Warfare

This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deception operations from the interwar period to contemporary internet troll farms We live in the age of disinformation—of organized deception. Spy agencies pour vast resources into hacking, leaking, and...

The war for your mind is already underway. Most people don't know they're losing it. You are being targeted. Not with bullets, with information. Carefully constructed narratives designed to make you angry, afraid, divided, and dependent. Algorithms built to keep you outraged and scrolling. News cycles engineered to exhaust your critical thinking until you stop questioning and start accepting. It is working. On your neighbors. On your family. Possibly on you. Information Warfare is Book Four of the Citizen Servant Leader series, the defensive manual every American needs and almost nobody has...

As cyber-attacks dominate front-page news, as hackers join the list of global threats, and as top generals warn of a coming cyber war, few books are more timely and enlightening than Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Slate columnist and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Fred...

This book stands as one of the most intellectually rigorous and comprehensive examinations of asymmetric warfare available in contemporary strategic literature. Moving beyond simplified tactical approaches, this work develops a sophisticated framework for understanding how conventionally weaker adversaries consistently challenge superior military powers through systematic exploitation of structural vulnerabilities. Drawing from historical case studies while incorporating cutting-edge developments in cognitive warfare, digital operations, and open-source methodologies, the text builds a ...

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

THE TRUTH IS NOT JUST HIDDEN—IT IS MANAGED. For over eighty years, a sophisticated architecture of classification, corporate privatization, and psychological operations has worked to ensure that the reality of non-human intelligence remains just out of reach. The Ufology Files: 2026 Edition is an exhaustive investigation into the public record, declassified documents, and whistleblower testimony that define the most significant mystery of our time. In this volume, you will explore: Ancient Origins: The striking parallels between Sumerian texts, Hebrew scriptures, and modern encounter ...

A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical ideas on how to protect ourselves in the 2020 election and beyond MIT professor Sinan Aral isn’t only one of the world’s leading experts on...

🧠 “This isn’t a textbook. It’s a decoder.” 🎯 A guide for those ready to stop scrolling—and start seeing. Hello. My name is HASE Fiero, and I wrote this for one reason: 👉 Because we are all living in a war. Not a war of bombs or borders. A quiet war—fought with headlines, hashtags, algorithms, and distraction. A war for your attention… and your perception of truth. This is information warfare. And whether you realize it or not—you’re already on the battlefield. 📖 In my new guide, The Beginner’s Guide to Information Warfare, you’ll learn: How algorithms ...

Featuring a new foreword read by the author! Now an original series starring Chris Pratt and the inspiration for the series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf now streaming on Prime Video. “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!”—Chris Pratt, all around great guy...

Tyrants on Twitter is the first detailed analysis of how Chinese and Russian agents weaponize Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to subvert the liberal international order. In addition to examining the 2016 US election, David L. Sloss explores Russia's use of foreign influence operations to threaten democracies in Europe, as well as China's use of social media and other digital tools to meddle in Western democracies and buttress autocratic rulers around the world.

Field Marshal Amy Brella brings the remainder of her invasion group home from Bardallow’s system in triumph, but with a significant bone to pick with her brother, Ricky Cruz, the Emperor of the Spindle Empire. He seems to have taken some liberties in naming the lead ship of the War Goddess class of Porcupine carriers. Ricky does make it up to her, by finally taking her to the farm she dreamed of so long ago, when he first showed her the valley above the small city she wanted him to build for the ex-shipboard slave women and girls he liberated from the Interstellars. Her Emperor allows her...

The American settlers believed the native American Indians were savages. The Indians believed the settlers were invaders trying to take their land. Lewis Wetzel continues his escapades as a one-man army but runs into trouble he can’t get out of. Knotche’s dwindling band continues to fight a just cause. The British cede the Indian land of the Ohio country to the Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War even though the Indians on the American frontier, allies of the British, had been triumphant in their battles with the Americans. When the Indians refused to relinquish their claim to...

Hybrid war, grey-zone warfare, unrestricted war: Today, traditional conflict - fought with guns, bombs, and drones - has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence abroad, the world is heading for a new era of permanent low-level conflict, often unnoticed, undeclared, and unending.

Controlling the Narrative: The Definitive Guide to Psychological Operations, Perception Management, and Information Warfare is an essential resource designed for military professionals, strategists, policymakers, and scholars engaged in the intricate fields of psychological warfare and strategic communications. This comprehensive guide delves into the multifaceted aspects of psychological operations (PSYOP), perception management and information warfare, exploring the theories, practices, and tools that shape today’s information battle-spaces. Structured to provide a deep understanding of...

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the threat of information warfare has become an ever-present reality for organizations worldwide. "Preparing the Board for Information Warfare: A Cyberwar Survival Guide" is a comprehensive resource designed to help corporate boards navigate the complex world of cybersecurity and protect their organizations from a wide range of cyber threats. This essential guide covers everything from understanding the scope and impact of information warfare to building a cyber-resilient organization. It offers practical advice and expert insights on topics such ...

Narrative directly impacts the threat environment whether in a physical conflict zone, or in terms of the effects of radicalization, or the interference of foreign governments in domestic politics. Therefore dominating the narrative space should be a priority. That is where non-state actors fight best. That is where foreign governments have proven effective in waging war against us without getting dirty hands. That is precisely where our enemies dominate, and no amount of firepower will create a win in that space. The center of gravity in any conflict is the narrative space. It always has ...

The Disinformation Dictionary: Russia’s Arsenal of Lies and Propaganda in the Information War arms you with the definitive guide to decoding Moscow's shadowy playbook. In an era where truth is the ultimate battlefield, Russia wages relentless information warfare against democracies. This essential reference decodes over 40 key Russian terms, concepts, and tactics—from Maskirovka (deception) and Aktivnye meropriyatiya (active measures) to Kompromat and Troll-fabrika—revealing how Putin's regime manipulates narratives, erodes trust, and exports chaos worldwide. Why This Dictionary Is ...

America’s Multi-Front Information War: An All-Out Assault on Democracy and Threats to America’s Democratic and Global Leadership By HASE Fiero Book 11 in the Information War Book Series In an age defined by misinformation, digital manipulation, and the erosion of democratic norms, America’s Multi-Front Information War delivers a powerful wake-up call and a strategic guide for reclaiming the democratic promise. This eleventh volume in the acclaimed Information War Book Series confronts one of the most urgent and complex challenges of our time: the systemic assault on American democracy...

This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises. What Jonsson reveals is that Russia's conception of the very nature of war is now changing, as Russian elites see information warfare and political subversion as the most important ways to conduct contemporary war. Since information warfare and political subversion are below the traditional threshold of armed violence, this has blurred the boundaries between war and peace. 

During the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel, the former editor of Time magazine and an Under Secretary of State, 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....