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War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century

Good evening, listeners! We have a great episode to start off 2018, as host Richard Aldous speaks with David Patrikarakos about his new book on the future of warfare.

David Patrikarakos is a a contributing editor at the Daily Beast and a contributing writer at Politico, and is the author of the new book War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century, and he comes on the show to discuss the ways in which new information technologies are changing the way war is fought, and are in some cases eroding Western institutions.

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