The ultimate goal : a former R&AW chief deconstructs how nations construct narratives / Vikram Sood.
By: Sood, Vikram [author.].
Publisher: Noida, Uttar Pradesh : HarperCollins India, 2020Description: xvii, 349p.ISBN: 9789353579517.Subject(s): Espionage | International relations | Military history | Military policy | World politicsDDC classification: 320.014 Summary: In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explains 'the narrative' and how a country's ability to construct, sustain and control narratives, at home and abroad, enhances its strength and position. Intelligence agencies invariably play a critical role in this, an often-indispensable tool of statecraft. A 'narrative' may not necessarily be based on truth, but it does need to be plausible, have a meaning and create a desired perception. During most of the twentieth century, intelligence agencies helped shape narratives favourable to their countries' agendas through literature, history, drama, art, music and cinema. Today, social media has become crucial to manipulating, countering or disrupting narratives, with its ability to spread fake news disinformation, and provoke reactions.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 320.0110954 BAR-I India's power elite : | 320.01223 INT- Interpretation in political theory / | 320.014 RAW-P Political communication and Democracy | 320.014 SOO-U The ultimate goal : | 320.019 CIT; Citizens and politics: perspectives from political psychology | 320.019 HOU-P Political psychology: situations, individuals and cases | 320.019 ROT-S State domination and the psycho-politics of conflict : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-329).
In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explains 'the narrative' and how a country's ability to construct, sustain and control narratives, at home and abroad, enhances its strength and position. Intelligence agencies invariably play a critical role in this, an often-indispensable tool of statecraft. A 'narrative' may not necessarily be based on truth, but it does need to be plausible, have a meaning and create a desired perception. During most of the twentieth century, intelligence agencies helped shape narratives favourable to their countries' agendas through literature, history, drama, art, music and cinema. Today, social media has become crucial to manipulating, countering or disrupting narratives, with its ability to spread fake news disinformation, and provoke reactions.
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