Thomas Rid

Thomas Rid is Professor of Strategic Studies at John Hopkins University. His book Rise of the Machines, the first narrative history of cybernetics, was published in 2016 by Scribe. It’s a sweeping exploration of man’s relationship with machines, and the inventions and myths that shape our world.

His new book, Active Measures, a history of secret state intervention, was published in 2020 by Profile, and has sold in over eight territories. In this astonishing journey through a century of secret psychological war, Rid reveals for the first time some of history’s most significant operations – many of them nearly beyond belief.

Photo courtesy of Annette Rid