Former spy chief reveals secret strategies for undermining freedom, attacking religion, and promoting terrorism is a nonfiction book about disinformation tactics and history rooted in information warfare. Before fake news, there was soviet disinformation the. Before fake news, there was soviet disinformation a photograph of soviet dictator joseph stalin lies on a floor outside a courtroom in moscow, on oct. The fbi was warned sections of the controversial steele dossier could have been part of a russian disinformation campaign to denigrate u.
Anatoliy golitsyn, a highranking kgb defector who served in the kgbs ultra secretive longrange disinformation department d, explained in his. Unexpected tidbits from a russian military defector in late august 1998 i found myself sitting in a private meeting room at the cosmos club in washington, d. Jun 26, 2015 russian defectors living the dead end of the american dream in distant oregon. It was written by former threestar general in the securitate, the secret police of socialist republic of romania, ion mihai pacepa, law professor ronald j. Western intelligence services were most commonly tasked with gathering information, but their soviet bloc counterparts placed much greater emphasis on decep.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading disinformation. During and after world war ii, similar restrictions were put in place in nonsoviet countries of the eastern bloc, which consisted of the communist states of central and eastern. He was also a top advisor to nicolae ceausescu, the countrys sovietallied leader. List of soviet and eastern bloc defectors wikipedia. Jan 06, 2017 how russias disinformation campaign could extend its tentacles moscows disinformation operations date to the soviet era. Exsoviet era spy chief writes landmark book on disinformation. How a powerful russian propaganda machine chips away at. Former spy chief reveals secret strategies for undermining freedom, attacking religion, promoting terrorism is a nonfiction book about disinformation tactics and history rooted in information warfare.
Pensively standing next to his chair on the other side of the table was former gru col. How the russians practice disinformation accuracy in media. Just over three years ago, on a bitingly cold spring day, i drove out to rockport, massachusetts, a small town on the tip of cape ann, to meet with a defector from the old soviet bloc. Inside neptun, a daring cold war disinformation operation wired. Soviet bloc intelligence and its aids disinformation campaign thomas boghardt the practice of intelligence differed considerably between east and west during the cold war. Stalin constructed the word with the intention to make it sound nonrussian. Faria, md disinformation is a revealing expose of evil soviet history as well as a treatise on the use of propaganda and disinformation in contemporary international relations and national politics. The strategy of soviet disinformation is a nonfiction book about disinformation and information warfare used by the kgb during the soviet union period, as part of their active measures tactics. He revealed the training methods of pilots, as well as specifics regarding their weapons and tactics. The technique involves talking lies and misinformation and then getting thirdparty disinterested media to repeat the lies until the disinformation frames the issue. Jun 25, 20 exsoviet era spy chief writes landmark book on disinformation. Anatoliy mikhaylovich golitsyn cbe august 25, 1926 december 29, 2008 was a soviet kgb defector and author of two books about the longterm deception strategy of the kgb leadership. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Russian disinformation helps support rampant violations of osce norms by the putin regime, ranging from internal human rights abuses to military intervention in neighboring states to interference in elections in several countries. This is a subset of misinformation, which may also be unintentional the english word disinformation is a loan translation of the russian dezinformatsiya, derived from the title of a kgb black propaganda department. It was written by former intelligence officer specializing in disinformation for the czech intelligence service and retired professor of disinformation at boston university, ladislav bittman later known as lawrence martin. How russias disinformation campaign could extend its. Joseph stalin coined the term, giving it a frenchsounding name to claim it had a western origin. The brazenness of the attempt to kill a russian defector turned british citizen at his home. Broadly, he concludes that there are few insights to. A russian pilot, he escaped from the soviet union by flying an airplane to japan, and then made his way to america. The amazing story of the russian defector who changed his mind a saga from the last time moscows spies menaced washingtonand the lessons we forgot.
Faria, md disinformation is a revealing expose of evil soviet history as well as a treatise on the use of propaganda and disinformation in contemporary international relations and. Footnotes in watchdog report indicate fbi knew of risk of. Cherkashin said, as he later recounted in his book, spy handler. The secret strategy to destroy the west, was published the same year. Founded in 2002 by wnds joseph and elizabeth farah, wnd books made an immediate impact with its first no. May 01, 2017 the highestranking sovietbloc defector to the westlieutenant general ion mihai pacepa, the former chief of romanias espionage servicehas exposed even deeper roots. Disinformation wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Disinformation strategic deception to undermine the church, the west and the united states as revealed by romanian defector ion mihai pacepa by miguel a. The amazing story of the russian defector who changed his mind. Buks are a family of russian made mobile mediumrange surfacetoair missile systems.
It was written by former threestar general in the securitate, the secret police of socialist republic of romania, ion mihai pacepa, and law professor ronald j. Defector describes russias handling of nsa leaker snowden. Disinformation campaigns are nothing new for the soviets. Romanian and soviet secret police official and later defector to the us ion mihai pacepa wrote the book disinformation. Gen ion mihai pacepa, the highestranking soviet bloc intelligence official ever to defect to the west, tells accuracy in media that recent developments in the case of nsa leaker edward snowden have convinced him that snowden s arrival in russia was the result of a wellprepared russian intelligence operation against the united states. Disinformation strategic deception to undermine the. Nov 26, 2016 before fake news, there was soviet disinformation a photograph of soviet dictator joseph stalin lies on a floor outside a courtroom in moscow, on oct.
Oct 11, 2017 the making of a russian disinformation campaign. Mar 20, 2017 yuri bezmenov worked as a journalist for novosti press agency, which was a disinformation and propaganda agency controlled by the soviet nonmilitary intelligence agency commonly known as the kgb. In his book on disinformation, romanian defector ion mihai pacepa described operation ares, which used u. Anatoliy golitsyn, a highranking kgb defector who served in the kgbs ultra secretive longrange disinformation department d, explained in his book new lies for old 1984 the thensoviet unions. Inside neptun, a daring cold war disinformation operation. Golitsyn provided information about many famous soviet agents including kim philby, donald maclean, guy burgess, john vassall, double agent aleksander kopatzky who worked in germany, and others. The kgb made significant efforts to discredit golitsyn by promoting disinformation that he was involved in illegal smuggling operations. Chambers describes the book as a defector s tale, almost classic in its profile of idealism and disillusionment, with some interesting specifics.
Stories that the pentagon manufactured ebola in a laboratory have been surfacing in a number of u. It made no sense to them that, from such a small opening, he would have hurled himself on to those spikes. The book was published in romanian and polish in 2015, and russian and czech in 2016. Soon after the formation of the soviet union, emigration restrictions were put in place to keep citizens from leaving the various countries of the soviet socialist republics, though some defections still occurred. Analysis six reasons the kremlin spreads disinformation. Aug, 20 how the russians practice disinformation by. A new variation of an old soviet charge, it is designed to besmirch the reputation of the united states in black africa. How russias disinformation campaign could extend its tentacles moscows disinformation operations date to the soviet era. To the embarrassment of the fbi, howard managed to slip away from the agents who were monitoring him, made it to an airport, and escaped to moscow, where he lived under asylum until his death in 2002. Soviet disinformation, with the aim of discrediting it. Soviet subversion and propaganda, how the west thought. Disinformation is a brilliant expose of the communist strategy to destroy the west.
Former spy chief reveals secret strategies for undermining freedom, attacking religion, and promoting terrorism kindle edition by rychlak, ronald j. During the cold war, hundreds of salacious and bogus headlines around the world appeared, part of a covert playbook of russian disinformation used to undermine america. Ion mihai pacepa is the highestranking defector from the former soviet bloc. Russian defectors living the dead end of the american dream in distant oregon. Disinformation strategic deception to undermine the church. Russian disinformation is a grave transnational threat, facilitating unacceptable aggression by russia both at home and across the 57nation osce region.
Prester john and the long history of disinformation. The russian secret service defector alexander litvinenko. An insiders view is a nonfiction book about the kgbs use of disinformation and information warfare during the soviet union period. It was written by former threestar general in the securitate, the secret police of socialist republic of romania, ion mihai. From aids to fake news a group advocating aids research marched in the new york gay pride parade on fifth avenue in manhattan in june 1983.
They made a point of making sure that any public or official complaints about soviet disinformation were backed up with evidence that is, that there was probable cause to believe something was actually disinformation, and that the soviets were behind it. They came to believe that rather than being a genuine defector, he was in fact a disinformation. Dec 12, 2017 fingerprints of russian disinformation. People who did not know these great figures in their lifetime can be brainwashed by repeated framing and via disinformation and made to believe the lies. They are once again called from italy to unite with their special ops team as they explore what has happened to a russian defector when he is suddenly missing in britain. Chambers describes the book as a defectors tale, almost classic in its profile of idealism and disillusionment, with some interesting specifics. Russian defectors living the dead end of the american. Unexpected tidbits from a russian military defector j.
Defectors, soviet era defectors perebezhchiki during the soviet era were people who left the soviet union without permission and in violation of soviet law. People who did not know these great figures in their lifetime can be brainwashed by repeated framing and via disinformation and made to believe the lies glorifying the guilty or hating the innocent. Pacepa and rychlak document how the russian word dezinformatsiya was coined by joseph stalin, who chose a frenchsounding title to make others believe it had originated in the western world. The gerasimov doctrine builds a framework for these new tools, and declares that nonmilitary tactics are not auxiliary to the use of force but the preferred way to win. The english word disinformation is a loan translation of the russian dezinformatsiya, derived from the title of a kgb black propaganda department. Active measures in soviet strategy and a later edition published as dezinformatsia.
Strategic deception to undermine the church, the west, and america as revealed by romanian defector ion mihai pacepa 20. Oswald and the russian defector the new york times. Only in the late 2000s did disinformation begin to pick up speed again. This was a huge defection as he was able to give an insight into all kinds of military practices. Soviet subversion and propaganda, how the west thought against it. Operation infektion soviet bloc intelligence and its aids. The best thing about the word disinformation is its etymology.
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