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Political Influence Operations

How Foreign Actors Seek to Shape U.S. Policy Making

Darren E. Tromblay

Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. elections brought the problem of foreign influence on American politics into sharp relief. However, externally-sponsored subversion of U.S. decision making has been a shadowy threat to American policy for the better part of a century. Political Influence Operations provides an incisive examination of how external actors have infiltrated American society—from lobbyists, to academia, to the media—in order to further their own objectives.

Tromblay draws upon historical examples to demonstrate how U.S. adversaries – and sometimes its ostensible allies – have used the openness of American society against the country’s best interests. By identifying vulnerabilities and exposing the underlying dynamics of foreign influence, the book provides a roadmap for U.S. governmental and private sector entities to navigate the currents of international engagement.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-5381-0330-2 • Hardback • March 2018 • $92.00 • (£71.00)
978-1-5381-0331-9 • Paperback • March 2018 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
978-1-5381-0332-6 • eBook • March 2018 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / American Foreign Policy
Darren E. Tromblay has served the U.S. Intelligence Community as an Intelligence Analyst for more than a decade. He is the author of The U.S. Domestic Intelligence Enterprise: History, Development, and Operations (2015) and coauthor of Securing U.S. Innovation (2016). Tromblay has been published by Lawfare, The Hill, Small Wars Journal, Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and the International Journal of Intelligence Ethics. He holds an MA from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and an MS from the National Intelligence University.
Introduction

Chapter One: Undiplomatic Activities

Chapter Two: Cashing In: How Foreign Powers Leverage Hired U.S. Proxies as Intelligence Intermediaries

Chapter Three: In Search of a Good Cause for a Bad Reason

Chapter Four: Assaulting the Ivory Tower

Chapter Five: Skewing the Presses: Foreign Manipulation of Media

Chapter Six: Corrupting Culture: Foreign Actors’ Exploitation of the U.S. Melting Pot Ethos

Chapter Seven: An Un-Fara-Fight

Conclusion
Tromblay boldly shows how the very structure of the U.S. government, American political culture, and modern political processes and actors converge to provide foreign entities with opportunities to influence U.S. politics. This is a disturbing but needed book.
— Nicholas Dujmovic, Assistant Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America


Political Influence Operations

How Foreign Actors Seek to Shape U.S. Policy Making

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. elections brought the problem of foreign influence on American politics into sharp relief. However, externally-sponsored subversion of U.S. decision making has been a shadowy threat to American policy for the better part of a century. Political Influence Operations provides an incisive examination of how external actors have infiltrated American society—from lobbyists, to academia, to the media—in order to further their own objectives.

    Tromblay draws upon historical examples to demonstrate how U.S. adversaries – and sometimes its ostensible allies – have used the openness of American society against the country’s best interests. By identifying vulnerabilities and exposing the underlying dynamics of foreign influence, the book provides a roadmap for U.S. governmental and private sector entities to navigate the currents of international engagement.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 270 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-5381-0330-2 • Hardback • March 2018 • $92.00 • (£71.00)
    978-1-5381-0331-9 • Paperback • March 2018 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
    978-1-5381-0332-6 • eBook • March 2018 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage, Political Science / Security (National & International), Political Science / American Foreign Policy
Author
Author
  • Darren E. Tromblay has served the U.S. Intelligence Community as an Intelligence Analyst for more than a decade. He is the author of The U.S. Domestic Intelligence Enterprise: History, Development, and Operations (2015) and coauthor of Securing U.S. Innovation (2016). Tromblay has been published by Lawfare, The Hill, Small Wars Journal, Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and the International Journal of Intelligence Ethics. He holds an MA from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and an MS from the National Intelligence University.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    Chapter One: Undiplomatic Activities

    Chapter Two: Cashing In: How Foreign Powers Leverage Hired U.S. Proxies as Intelligence Intermediaries

    Chapter Three: In Search of a Good Cause for a Bad Reason

    Chapter Four: Assaulting the Ivory Tower

    Chapter Five: Skewing the Presses: Foreign Manipulation of Media

    Chapter Six: Corrupting Culture: Foreign Actors’ Exploitation of the U.S. Melting Pot Ethos

    Chapter Seven: An Un-Fara-Fight

    Conclusion
Reviews
Reviews
  • Tromblay boldly shows how the very structure of the U.S. government, American political culture, and modern political processes and actors converge to provide foreign entities with opportunities to influence U.S. politics. This is a disturbing but needed book.
    — Nicholas Dujmovic, Assistant Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America


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