{"product_id":"books-attack-from-within-by-barbara-mcquade","title":"Attack from Within","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MSNBC's legal analyst breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"One of the most acute observers of our time shares . . . a compelling work about a challenge that-left unexamined and left unchecked-could undermine our democracy.\" -Eric H. Holder Jr, 82nd Attorney General of the United States\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation-the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth-and it comes at us from all sides- opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It's endangering our democracy and causing havoc in our electoral system, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and in our Capitol. Advances in technology including rapid developments in artificial intelligence threaten to make the problems even worse by amplifying false claims and manufacturing credibility.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAttack from Within\u003c\/i\u003e, legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade, shows us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. The book includes-\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eauthoritarian playbook\u003c\/b\u003e- a brief history of disinformation from Mussolini and Hitler to Bolsonaro and Trump, chronicles the ways in which authoritarians have used disinformation to seize and retain power.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDisinformation tactics\u003c\/b\u003e-like demonizing the other, seducing with nostalgia, silencing critics, muzzling the media, condemning the courts; stoking violence-and reasons why they work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn explanation of \u003cb\u003ewhy America is particularly vulnerable to disinformation\u003c\/b\u003e and how itexploits our First Amendment Freedoms, sparksthreats and violence, and destabilizes social structures.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReal, accessible solutions for countering disinformation\u003c\/b\u003e and maintaining the rule of law such as making domestic terrorism a federal crime, increasing media literacy in schools, criminalizing doxxing, and much more.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Disinformation is designed to evoke a strong emotional response to push us toward more extreme views, unable to find common ground with others. The false claims that led to the breathtaking attack on our Capitol in 2021 may have been only a dress rehearsal. \u003ci\u003eAttack from Within\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how to prevent it from happening again, thus preserving our country's hard-won democracy.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673354166545,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781644213636.jpg?v=1781525140","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-attack-from-within-by-barbara-mcquade","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}