01460cam a2200169 i 4500 39404 39404 9789353579517 327.12054 SOO-U Sood, Vikram, author. The Ultimate Goal: A former R&AW chief deconstructs how nations construct narratives / Vikram Sood. Gurugram: Harper Collins, 2020. xvii, 349p; Includes bibliographical references 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. Intelligence service Essays, Memoirs Foreign relations India Nationalism Politics and government India ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2024-03-21 Overseas Press Pvt LTD 454.35 2024-03-20 0 327.12054 SOO-U 54458 2024-05-24 00:00:00 699.00 2024-03-20 BK