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100	1		_aSood, Vikram, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Ultimate Goal: _bA former R&AW chief deconstructs how nations construct narratives / _cVikram Sood.
260			_aGurugram: _bHarper Collins, _c2020.
300			_axvii, 349p;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aIntelligence service _vEssays, Memoirs _xForeign relations _zIndia
650		0	_aNationalism _vPolitics and government _zIndia
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