History of Disinformation and Fake News

Books on the use of disinformation throughout history.

Updated December 18, 2024
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How to win an information war : the propagandist who outwitted Hitler
Pomerantsev, Peter
Paper Book
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, this inventive biography of the rogue WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer confronts hard questions about the nature of information war: what if you can't fight lies with truth? Can a propaganda war ever be won? In the...
Ministry of Truth : Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller A searing, vital investigation of the Republican Party's dangerous campaign to rewrite recent history in real time, from the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show producer and bestselling author of The Impostors. "There...
Putin's trolls : on the frontlines of Russia's information war against the world
Aro, Jessikka, 1980-
Paper Book
A chilling account of Russian information warfare, shedding light on the individuals and organisations behind the Kremlin's coordinated, military-style social media psy-ops against the Western world. Award-winning journalist Jessikka Aro interweaves her own dramatic story as a target of Russian...
Active measures : the secret history of disinformation and political warfare /
Rid, Thomas, 1975-
Paper Book
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...
Attack from within : how disinformation is sabotaging America
McQuade, Barbara.
Ebook
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics MSNBC's legal analyst breaks down the ways...
This is not propaganda : adventures in the war against reality /
Pomerantsev, Peter
Paper Book
Learn how the perception of truth has been weaponized in modern politics with this "insightful" account of propaganda in Russia and beyond during the age of disinformation (New York Times). When information is a weapon, every opinion is an act of war.
Information wars : how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what
Stengel, Richard
Paper Book
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...
Truth : [online electronic book] a brief history of total bull***t.
Phillips, Tom (Journalist).
Ebook
"A lighthearted history of lying"--from the international bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (Kirkus Reviews).We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying,...
Trust me, I'm lying : confessions of a media manipulator /
Holiday, Ryan.
Paper Book
You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don't know is that someone is responsible for all this....
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 In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers...
Rationality : what it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters /
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity." - New York Times Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why...
The smear : [online electronic book] how shady political operatives and fake new
Attkisson, Sharyl, 1961-
Ebook
New York Times Bestseller Ever wonder how politics turned into a take-no-prisoners blood sport? The New York Times bestselling author of Stonewalled pulls back the curtain on the shady world of opposition research and reveals the dirty tricks those in...
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 ...
Power, prime ministers, and the press : the battle for truth on Parliament Hill
Lewis, Robert, 1943-
Paper Book
An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own. The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past 150 years.
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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