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Author Shimer, David, author.

Title Rigged : America, Russia, and one hundred years of covert electoral interference / David Shimer.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  324.6097 SHIMER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  324.6097 SHIMER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  324.6 SHI    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  324.6097 SHI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  324.609 SHIMER    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  324.60973 SHI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department  324.60973 SH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 367 pages ; 25 cm
Note "A Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Contents Introduction: Democracy under siege -- Part one: The hidden history. Enter Lenin -- The CIA in Italy -- The explosion -- The Stasi changes history -- The KGB targets America -- Democracy promotion -- From Yeltsin to Putin -- A new age -- Part two: 2016. Delaying offense -- Playing defense -- Election day -- Social media -- Inaction -- Conclusion: Breaking the siege.
Summary Presents a judicious history of covert foreign interference in world elections since the Cold War that discusses Russia's role in America's 2016 presidential election and why the threat is greater than ever in 2020.
Russia's interference in 2016 marked only the latest chapter of a hidden and revelatory history. Shimer tells the story of covert electoral interference past and present. He exposes decades of secret operations--by the KGB, the CIA, and Vladimir Putin's Russia--to shape electoral outcomes. He also shows how, throughout history and in 2016, both Russian and American operations achieved their greatest success by influencing the way voters think, rather than tampering with actual vote tallies. Russia's central aim is to undermine and disrupt our democracy--harming both Democrats and Republicans--to the detriment of all Americans. -- adapted from jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-351) and index.
Subject Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.
Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Elections -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst00904333
Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
Russia (Federation) (OCoLC)fst01262050
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2016
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title America, Russia, and 100 years of covert electoral interference
ISBN 9780525659006 (hardcover)
0525659005 (hardcover)
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