Studies in Intelligence 68, No. 1 (Extracts, March 2024)

Review - Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives

Reviewed by J.R. Seeger

Subversion: The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives

Andreas Krieg (Georgetown University Press, 2023), 240 pages.

In Subversion, Andreas Krieg offers a discussion of the importance of what he calls “weaponized narratives.” He supports his discussion with three case studies focused on key US adversaries and a country that most Americans would see as an ally (or at the very least a neutral). In all three cases, he walks the reader through a discussion of the importance of influence operations in today’s networked world.

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