Athrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and theWest, using espionage, corruption, fake news, and KGB-style murder March2018. Two Russian assassins arrive in a provincial English city to kill aformer officer from Russia’s GRU intelligence agency. His crime? Passingsecrets to British spies. The poison? A lethal nerve agent, novichok. Theattempted execution was a reminder – as if one were needed - of Russia’s contemptfor international norms. The Soviet Union and its doctrine are long gone, butthe playbook used by the Kremlin’s spies during that long confrontation withthe West is back. And the underlying goal remains the same: to underminedemocracy and exploit divisions within American and European society andpolitics. Moscow’s support for DonaldTrump in the 2016 presidential election has grown into the biggest politicalscandal of modern times. Its American players are well-known. In ShadowState, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Luke Harding revealsthe Russians behind the story: the spies, hackers and internet trolls. Hardingcharts how the Kremlin has updated Communist-era methods of influence andpropaganda for the age of Facebook and Twitter, and considers the compellingquestion of our age: what exactly does Vladimir Putin have on President Trump? Similar to those of the ColdWar, Putin’s ambitions are truly global. His emissaries include oligarchs, bankers,lawyers, mercenaries, and agents of influence. They roam from Salisbury toHelsinki, Ukraine to Central Africa, London to Washington, D.C. Shadow Stateis the singular account of how the Kremlin seeks to reshape the world, todivide the US from its European friends, and to remake America in its own darkand kleptocratic image. This is an essential read for anyone who wants tounderstand how our politics came to be so chaotic and divided. Nothing lessthan the future of Western democracy is at stake.
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