International relations in the age of ‘post-truth’ politics

Book review essay. Post-truth: the new war on truth and how to fight back. By Matthew d'Ancona. London: Ebury Press. 2017. 176pp. Pb.: £4.89. ISBN978 1 78503 687 3. Available as e-book. Post-truth: how bullshit conquered the world. By James Ball. London: Biteback Publishing. 2017. 320pp. Pb.: £25.80. ISBN978 1 78590 214 7. Available as e-book. Post-truth: why we have reached peak bullshit and what we can do about it. By Evan Davis. London: Little, Brown. 2017. 368pp. £13.80. ISBN978 1 40870 331 1. Available as e-book. The invention of Russia: the rise of Putin and the age of fake news. By Arkady Ostrovsky. London: Penguin Books. 2017. 478pp. Pb.: £9.54. ISBN978 0 39956 417 8. Available as e-book.