EXTRA – Words as a weapon of war

The pen, they say, is mightier than the sword, but how? Words can be used as a weapon of war, and the right words used early enough might even save you from the many costs of kinetic operations.That’s the argument put forward in a new book – ‘Subversion, the strategic weaponization of narratives’.It’s author, Dr Andreas Krieg, tells us how weaponised narratives have been used to do things like overthrow governments, and change the world without a shot needing to be fired.