/lit/ - Literature

Im looking for books on 'active measures' and subversion, basically the type of espionage that aims to affect the policies and functioning of other states or actors.
Now i know this is something of a hot topic since the 2016 election, and im very wary to filter out people who jumped on the "russia influences election" train to cash in on the panic. I'm looking for something thats more academic while still being somewhat accessible.

>Notes are at the end of the book, rather than at the bottom of the page

I dont like making a "books for this feel" thread, but honestly i dont care anymore.
>tfw been clinically depressed for the past 10 years
>dont enjoy anything, no longer enjoy socializing, no longer motivated to work or improve, very low libido
>tfw grown to hate life itself, the idea of consciousness existing, and grown to feel that any form of existence is just going to cause suffering, and that even if God existed, He must also suffer because of how pointless everything is
Any books that deal with this feel

>>18871241
A lot of sick people here

>>18276166
i am here also

>>17956564
what?

I posted in another thread a couple of days ago that i want to terraform a barren planet and release the bare minimum of organisms on it and see how they would evolve over millions of years. Would mice evolve into giant herbivores? Would the house cats evolve into t-rex sized mega predators? Or would perhaps the mice give rise to predators? Would lizards evolve to become whales or crocodiles?

>>17869670
>Dude im not an economist im actually criticizing economics, even though i have ideas on how goods and services should be distributed
Thats like saying that youre not practising philosophy when youre criticizing philosophy.

I cannot stop thinking of elephants. I was already obsessed with elephants, but after learning that they are extremely resistant to cancer, my obsession has increased even more.
how can i stop this from getting out of hand?

>>17333036
OHNONONONONO

This thread will go well

Whoa

>>16408803
>His dad never threw him in the water when he was a kid
If he doesnt throw his kid around then itll become a pussy. His mom is too soft on him anyway.

>Notes and comments are in the back of the book
>have to flip back and forth constantly
why

I have accepted that all major religions are dying and that we need a new religion.
Post any books on how to create a new religion and on core spiritual tenets of major religions.
Im 100% serious btw.