The Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security
Rubén Arcos, Irena Chiru, and Christina Ivan eds., (Routledge, 2024), 452 pages
While trying to assess information operations in our so-called post-truth era, intelligence and security professionals will value The Routledge Handbook of Disinformation and National Security. The book springs from the initiative of Spanish and Romanian scholars, but includes well-known contributors to US intelligence studies such as James Wirtz, Jan Goldman, and the late Randolph Pherson.
The book makes a useful contribution to the discussion
on the complex and vexing subject of disinformation - “false information that is knowingly distributed” (283) - and similar malign government efforts to deceive. With thirty-two entries, it certainly strives to cover all the bases.