TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sood,Vikram
TI  - The Ultimate Goal: A former R&AW chief deconstructs how nations construct narratives 
SN  - 9789353579517
U1  - 327.12054 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Gurugram
PB  - Harper Collins
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Essays, Memoirs
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - India
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
ER  -