History of Disinformation and Fake News

Books on the use of disinformation throughout history.

Updated March 10, 2026
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Propaganda girls : the secret war of the women in the OSS
Rogak, Lisa
Paper Book
The incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II. Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was 21. Jane...
Putin's trolls : on the frontlines of Russia's information war against the world
Aro, Jessikka, 1980-
Paper Book
"Timely exposé of Russia's vast disinformation campaign from a Finnish journalist persecuted for her persistent reporting of its brazen abuses...a damning portrait of Putin and his autocratic, manipulative regime."--Kirkus "Jessikka Aro has written a...
Attack from within : how disinformation is sabotaging America
McQuade, Barbara
Paper Book
MSNBC's legal expert breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few. In Attack from Within, legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade, shows us how to identify the ways disinformation...
Information wars : how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what
Stengel, Richard
Ebook
A "well-told" insider account of the State Department's twenty-first-century struggle to defend America against malicious propaganda and disinformation ( The Washington Post). Disinformation is nothing new. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple,...
The art of logic in an illogical world /
Cheng, Eugenia
Paper Book
How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world     "Advanced mathematics could make a meaningful contribution to creating a better society. . . this book is proof it can." --Guardian  ...
The smear : [online electronic book] how shady political operatives and fake new
Attkisson, Sharyl, 1961-
Ebook
A New York Times -bestselling in-depth look at how propaganda is implemented in contemporary American politics. "I don't know any journalist like Sharyl Attkisson. She has no fear and she doesn't stop until she gets all of the facts, like an old-fashioned...
An ugly truth : inside Facebook's battle for domination /
Frenkel, Sheera.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER // WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS AWARD A Book of the Year: Fortune, Foreign Affairs, The Times (London), Cosmopolitan, TechCrunch, WIRED "The ultimate takedown." - New York Times Book Review Award-winning New York Times ...
Double cross : the true story of the D-day spies /
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-
Paper Book
In Double Cross, New York Times bestselling author Ben Macintyre returns with the untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II, and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of...

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