Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It

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By Richard Stengel '77

Published Oct. 22, 2019

Disinformation has become increasingly pervasive in global politics but democracies are struggling to fight it. Richard Stengel ’77 crafts a narrative showing how governments have weaponized disinformation in Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It (Atlantic Monthly Press).

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