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Disinformation

Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom Attacking Religion and Promoting Terrorism

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The highest-ranking Soviet bloc intelligence official ever to defect to the West, Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa is at it again. A quarter century ago, in his international bestseller Red Horizons, Pacepa exposed the massive crimes and corruption of his former boss, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, giving the dictator a nervous breakdown and inspiring him to send assassination squads to the U.S. to find his former spy chief and kill him. They failed. On Christmas Day 1989, Ceausescu was executed by his own people at the end of a trial whose accusations came almost word-for-word out of Red Horizons.

Today, still living undercover in the United States, the man credited by the CIA as the only person in the Western world who single-handedly demolished an entire enemy espionage service - the one he himself managed - takes aim at an even bigger target: the exotic, widely misunderstood but still astonishingly influential realm of the Russian-born "science" of disinformation. Indeed, within this audiobook, Pacepa, along with his co-author, historian and law professor Ronald Rychlak, expose some of the most consequential yet largely unknown disinformation campaigns of our lifetime.

©2013 Ion Mihai Pacepa and Ronald J. Rychlak (P)2014 Audible Inc. Elections & Political Process Freedom & Security Political Science Politics & Government Russia United States World Inspiring
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Excellent book about Soviet strategies during the cold war by Mihai Pacepa a real insight into the workings of Communism.

Brilliant insight

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It has been incredible to listen to a former spy chief revealing secrets of trade.

A unique read!

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i expected the author to focus more on actual topics and todays rampant neomarxism and progresivism in the west and how the kgb managed inplement those ideologies so successful in the US and Europe - something like Yuri Bezmonov exposed in the 80ties. instead the author focuses more on rehabilitating pope Pius and also the Kennedy assissination, which are not bad topics per se, but I just expected more info on the deception tactics of kgb and the impact it has until now. Also he despises his former boss Ceauvescu and the communist regime but kind of worked for him more than 20years. he mentioned also his dad also wanted always to go to the US but somehow his son managed to get so high up in the ranks in a communistic regime- no normal person could have such a career if his parents werent involved politically and good communist. So I am taking this book with a grain of salt, the performance of the reader however was very good and I enjoyed listening.

not bad but expected more insight

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Very well written and from a reliable source — it truly opened my eyes and convinced me that each of us must take part in the fight against disinformation, as it is our responsibility, not the government's.

a piece from history anyone should listen to

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I found the author's account very interesting and engaging. I don't think the basic premise of disinformation is unfamiliar to most with an interest in politics or history but the review of Soviet involvement and development was intriguing.

I feel that the author has overreached somewhat in his application of the disinformation analysis to the recent US elections. The analysis presented leaves many unanswered questions such as what the Republican campaign was doing and Mitt Romney himself is only spoken about in glowing terms. It was distasteful to compare Obama to Ceausescu which he states he doesn't want to but then goes on at length. No individual in politics is likely to be above reproach but this seemed a bridge too far. The author also cited facts about the US debt for which the blame is laid at Obama's door. This is just plain lazy and some might say a form of disinformation as it used the kernel of truth and viewed it through a partisan lens.

All this being said I did enjoy the book overall.

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