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Political Influence Operations

How Foreign Actors Seek to Shape U.S. Policy Making

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Political Influence Operations

How Foreign Actors Seek to Shape U.S. Policy Making

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Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. elections brought the problem of foreign influence on American politics into sharp relief. However, externally-sponsored subversion of U.S. decision making has been a shadowy threat to American policy for the better part of a century. Political Influence Operations provides an incisive examination of how external actors have infiltrated American society—from lobbyists, to academia, to the media—in order to further their own objectives.

Tromblay draws upon historical examples to demonstrate how U.S. adversaries – and sometimes its ostensible allies – have used the openness of American society against the country’s best interests. By identifying vulnerabilities and exposing the underlying dynamics of foreign influence, the book provides a roadmap for U.S. governmental and private sector entities to navigate the currents of international engagement.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Undiplomatic Activities

Chapter Two: Cashing In: How Foreign Powers Leverage Hired U.S. Proxies as Intelligence Intermediaries

Chapter Three: In Search of a Good Cause for a Bad Reason

Chapter Four: Assaulting the Ivory Tower

Chapter Five: Skewing the Presses: Foreign Manipulation of Media

Chapter Six: Corrupting Culture: Foreign Actors’ Exploitation of the U.S. Melting Pot Ethos

Chapter Seven: An Un-Fara-Fight

Conclusion

Product details

Published Mar 05 2018
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 270
ISBN 9781538103319
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 227 x 151 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Darren E. Tromblay

Darren E. Tromblay served as an Intelligence Analy…

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