THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY

Revelatory, insightful, and at times shocking, THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY reveals for the first time how Russia's recent hackings in the U.S. and Europe and its increasingly belligerent rhetoric fit into its master plan to unseat democracies around the world.

Malcolm Nance exposes how Russia has supported the campaigns of right-wing extremists throughout the U.S. and Europe, seeking to create anti-democratic sentiment around the world that can be leveraged to build a Russian-led alliance of non-democratic autocracies. Nance examines how and why Putin's associates have sought to bring fringe candidates in the West into the mainstream and how they have used the populist battlefield of social media to mount their vicious campaigns.

Malcolm Nance's previous book, the New York Times bestselling The Plot to Hack America, blew the whistle on Russia's hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Vladimir Putin's plans to undermine the 2016 presidential election, alerting the public to the full scale of the hacking and helping usher that story to the top of the headlines. Based on his original research and countless interviews with espionage experts, Nance's new book, THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY, examines why Putin and his underlings aimed to sabotage the election, reveals the full scope of their plansincluding how the hacking accomplished a crucial first step for destabilizing the Westas well as what they have in store.

Malcolm Nance is a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Intelligence community. He is a former Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer, specializing in cryptology, and an expert on national security policy, with a focus on counter-terrorism intelligence, terrorist strategy, and tactics. He has been called to testify before Congress and advise House and Senate Intelligence Committee members on the details of the election meddling. His books have been bought in bulk by the FBI Academy, the CIA, and the Defense Intelligence College.