This thoroughly-researched, engaging book is full of stories that I didn’t know, showing the vast extent of disinformation campaigns over the last century or so — and not only done by the Russians. Rid has a quite detailed account of early Cold War efforts by the West as well. A big difference between the “active measures” on the two sides was that the West was often trying to smuggle true, factual information through the Iron Curtain while the Soviets were doing the opposite. One of many things I did not realise was how ineffectual Russian Internet propaganda was during the 2016 elections and how little impact it actually had, despite the enormous amount of time and money invested in it. Highly recommended.