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The plot to destroy democracy : how Putin and his spies are undermining America and dismantling the West
- Title
- The plot to destroy democracy : how Putin and his spies are undermining America and dismantling the West / Malcolm Nance ; foreword by Rob Reiner.
- Author
- Nance, Malcolm W.
- Publication
- New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Reiner, Rob
- Description
- viii, 344 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, assassination, and psychological warfare were used by Vladimir Putin and his spy agencies to steal the 2016 U.S. election-and attempted to bring about the fall of NATO, the European Union, and western democracy. It will show how Russia and its fifth column allies tried to flip the cornerstones of democracy in order to re-engineer the world political order that has kept most of the world free since 1945. Career U.S. Intelligence officer Malcolm Nance will examine how Russia has used cyber warfare, political propaganda, and manipulation of our perception of reality--and will do so again--to weaponize American news, traditional media, social media, and the workings of the internet to attack and break apart democratic institutions from within, and what we can expect to come should we fail to stop their next attack. Nance has utilized top secret Russian-sourced political and hybrid warfare strategy documents to demonstrate the master plan to undermine American institutions that has been in effect from the Cold War to the present day. Based on original research and countless interviews with espionage experts, Nance examines how Putin's recent hacking accomplished a crucial first step for destabilizing the West for Russia, and why Putin is just the man to do it. Nance exposes how Russia has supported the campaigns of right-wing extremists throughout both the U.S. and Europe to leverage an axis of autocracy, and how Putin's agencies have worked since 2010 to bring fringe candidate Donald Trump into elections. Revelatory, insightful, and shocking, The Plot To Destroy Democracy puts a professional spy lens on Putin's plot and unravels it play-by-play. In the end, he provides a better understanding of why Putin's efforts are a serious threat to our national security and global alliances--in much more than one election--and a blistering indictment of Putin's puppet, President Donald J. Trump." -- Publisher's description
- Subjects
- United States
- Russia (Federation)
- Internet in espionage
- Espionage, Russian
- United States > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
- Black author
- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
- Internet in espionage > Russia (Federation)
- Nonfiction
- 2016
- Presidents > Election
- Diplomatic relations
- Espionage, Russian > United States
- Presidents > United States > Election > 2016
- Elections > Corrupt practices > United States
- Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index.
- Contents
- Shots fired -- Reporting to Moscow -- Make Russia great again -- Putin's philosophy -- A rising Russia, a failing America -- Active measures -- Fake news -- Internet Research Agency & Russian cyber weapons -- Hail Hydra! -- The axis of autocracy -- Operation GLOBAL GRIZZLY -- Russia's American beachhead -- The American fifth column -- A treasonous aspect -- Epilogue: "Freedom is a light."
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-837
- ISBN
- 9780316484817
- 0316484814
- 9780316484855
- 0316484857
- LCCN
- 2018939279
- OCLC
- 1040034007
- Author
- Nance, Malcolm W., author.
- Title
- The plot to destroy democracy : how Putin and his spies are undermining America and dismantling the West / Malcolm Nance ; foreword by Rob Reiner.
- Publisher
- New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Chronological Term
- 2016
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Reiner, Rob, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-837