Aug. 12, 2025

Book Review: LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media

Social media is a double-edged sword. The Army can use it to its advantage in the information environment, and it can also be used equally and effectively by adversaries to cause harm and destruction. Peter W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking published LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media in 2018. This non-fiction book is divided into nine chapters that address the evolution of social media and its use by the United States’ (US) strategic competitors as an information warfare (IWAR) tool.