The long history of disinformation during war

History of war

4/28/2022

While we might crave information, we are right to be suspicious of the sources that provide it, Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics, .

“Today’s brave new world of disinformation is hardly new,” . “True, it’s now possible to generate false information and transmit it practically anywhere on the planet instantaneously. But the facts of disinformation — and its aftereffects — are as old as war itself. Consider the case of the Roman Empire and the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C."