Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas

by James J.F. Forest

Book Overview

This important work, edited by an expert on terrorism, focuses on the 21st-century struggle for strategic influence and ways in which states can neutralize the role of new media in spreading terrorist propaganda.

In an era where anyone can have access to the Internet or other media forms that make widespread communication easy, terrorists and insurgents can spread their messages with complete freedom, creating challenges for national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031334731X
• ISBN13: 9780313347313
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"