Subversion

Lennart Maschmeyer is a senior researcher in cybersecurity at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and an MPhil from the University of Oxford. His work has been published in International Security, the European Journal of International Relations, and the Journal of Information Technology and Politics and has received wide news coverage.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Subversion and PowerChapter 2: Information Technology and SubversionChapter 3: Traditional Subversion: Crushing the Prague Spring 1968-1973Chapter 4: Cyber-Enabled Subversion: Russia's 'Hybrid War' against Ukraine 2013-2018Chapter 5: Subversion in War: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine 2022Subversion, Evolved: New Possibilities and New PerilsBibliography

This even-handed and thoroughly researched study of subversion adds significantly to our understanding of covert cyber operations carried out by nations against adversaries. With insightful case studies of Russian invasions into Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Ukraine in 2013 and again in 2022, the book proved a highly readable and reliable examination of cyber conflict in the modern era."