Blake W. Mobley served at the Central Intelligence Agency as a counterintelligence officer and is the author of Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection (Columbia University Press, 2012). Carl A. Wege is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia

“A must read! This incisive and well-written book is valuable for the scholar interested in the impact of technology on authoritarian regimes and the practitioner who must appreciate authoritarian behavior to protect against their efforts and exploit their vulnerabilities.”

• Chapter 1: The Authoritarian WorldviewChapter 2: New Wine in Old Bottles: Authoritarian Norms and Resistance Under the Secret PoliceChapter 3: Digital Authoritarianism and its PathologiesChapter 4: The Pathologies of Authoritarian ReachChapter 5: The Fragile Dictator: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities of the Authoritarian Model

Blake W. Mobley served at the Central Intelligence Agency as a counterintelligence officer and is the author of Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection (Columbia University Press, 2012). Carl A. Wege is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia

“A must read! This incisive and well-written book is valuable for the scholar interested in the impact of technology on authoritarian regimes and the practitioner who must appreciate authoritarian behavior to protect against their efforts and exploit their vulnerabilities.”

• Chapter 1: The Authoritarian WorldviewChapter 2: New Wine in Old Bottles: Authoritarian Norms and Resistance Under the Secret PoliceChapter 3: Digital Authoritarianism and its PathologiesChapter 4: The Pathologies of Authoritarian ReachChapter 5: The Fragile Dictator: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities of the Authoritarian Model

Blake W. Mobley served at the Central Intelligence Agency as a counterintelligence officer and is the author of Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection (Columbia University Press, 2012). Carl A. Wege is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the College of Coastal Georgia, Brunswick, Georgia

“A must read! This incisive and well-written book is valuable for the scholar interested in the impact of technology on authoritarian regimes and the practitioner who must appreciate authoritarian behavior to protect against their efforts and exploit their vulnerabilities.”

• Chapter 1: The Authoritarian WorldviewChapter 2: New Wine in Old Bottles: Authoritarian Norms and Resistance Under the Secret PoliceChapter 3: Digital Authoritarianism and its PathologiesChapter 4: The Pathologies of Authoritarian ReachChapter 5: The Fragile Dictator: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities of the Authoritarian Model