{"product_id":"stories-are-weapons-psychological-warfare-and-the-american-mind-9780393881516","title":"Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStories Are Weapons\u003c\/em\u003e, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats--the essential tool kit for psychological warfare--have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and nineteenth-century wars on Indigenous nations, and reaching its apotheosis with the Cold War and twenty-first-century influence campaigns online. America's secret weapon has long been coercive storytelling. And there's a reason for that: operatives who shaped modern psychological warfare drew on their experiences as science fiction writers and in the advertising industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, through a weapons-transfer program long unacknowledged, psyops have found their way into the hands of culture warriors, transforming democratic debates into toxic wars over American identity. Newitz zeroes in on conflicts over race and intelligence, school board fights over LGBT students, and campaigns against feminist viewpoints, revealing how, in each case, specific groups of Americans are singled out and treated as enemies of the state. Crucially, Newitz delivers a powerful counternarrative, speaking with the researchers and activists who are outlining a pathway to achieving psychological disarmament and cultural peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncisive and essential, \u003cem\u003eStories are Weapons\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how our minds have been turned into blood-soaked battlegrounds--and how we can put down our weapons to build something better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annalee Newitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.36w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393881516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewitz, Annalee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnnalee Newitz\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist and author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eFour Lost Cities\u003c\/em\u003e. They write for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e and co-host the Hugo Award-winning podcast \u003cem\u003eOur Opinions Are Correct\u003c\/em\u003e. They live in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43778348646515,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d19bbc55-644b-4df9-a37a-5cadfde3e7f3.jpg?v=1757508692","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/stories-are-weapons-psychological-warfare-and-the-american-mind-9780393881516","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}