The folly and the glory : America, Russia, and political warfare, 1945-2020 / Tim Weiner.
"With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with the help of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most significant threats to democracy in the United States and around the world, and yet the US has not engaged its own political warfare methods in defense, even as our own justice department has concluded unequivocally that Russia influenced the 2016 election. To get to the heart of what's at stake and find potential solutions, Weiner examines long-running twentieth century CIA operations, political machinations by the Soviet KGB around the world, the erosion of American political warfare after the Cold War, and why twenty-first century Russia has returned to the practice while the US has not. Weiner takes us behind closed doors and into the deliberation rooms of past and present Russian and American intelligence operations that directly led to-and help illuminate-the current administration and the future of American democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781627790857
- ISBN: 1627790853
- Physical Description: 325 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The seeds of future struggle -- The perpetual rhythm -- Truth is not enough -- The last hope for the West -- The voice of America -- A very dirty game -- "The deceitful dream of a Golden Age" -- This untamed fire -- The first casualties -- Democracy in America. |
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Genre: | History. |
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The Folly and the Glory : America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945-2020
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The Folly and the Glory : America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945-2020
Tim Weiner was born on June 20, 1956. He was educated at Columbia University. As a correspondent for The New York Times, he covered war and terrorism in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Sudan, and other nations. His articles on secret government programs received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He has written several books including Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget, Enemies: A History of the FBI, and One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA won the National Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography)