The Book Review delves into the many books on national security and related fields published each year. It offers reviews that range widely across subjects and disciplines, from domestic and international law to history, strategic and military studies, from national security journalism to terrorism and counterterrorism, ethics, and technology. Contributors include scholars, serving or former government officials or military personnel, journalists, experts of many kinds, and students in law school or university.
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A Techno-Thriller That's Not Just for the Beach in August
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War By Peter W. Singer and August Cole Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2015) Reviewed by Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. -
A Soldier of the Great War
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS By Michael Morell Twelve/The Hachette Group (2015) Reviewed by Gabriel Schoenfeld -
Life and Times of a Guantanamo Detainee
Guantanamo Diary By Mohamedou Ould Slahi (edited by Larry Siems) Published by Hatchette Book Group (2015) Reviewed by Zoe Bedell It's rare that quotes on the back of a book tell you anything genuinel... -
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren's Misconceived Memoir
Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide By Michael Oren RandomHouse (2015) Reviewed by Yishai Schwartz -
Days of Rage in the 1970s: America's Homegrown, Violent, Bomb-Setting Radical Underground
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence By Bryan Burrough Penguin Random House (2015) -
"Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security," by Gregory Koblentz
Published by Cornell UP (Paperback 2011) Reviewed by Matthew Sprinkel -
"@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex," by Shane Harris
Books reviewed in this essay: @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex, by Shane Harris (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014) -
"Deadly Metal Rain: The Legality of Flechette Weapons in International Law," by Eitan Barak
Published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2011) Reviewed by His Serenity, The Book Review Editor -
"International Law in the U.S. Legal System, 2nd Edition," by Curtis A. Bradley
Published by Oxford UP (Paperback 2015) Reviewed by Kenneth Anderson -
"Documents on the Law of UN Peace Operations," by Bruce Oswald, Helen Durham, and Adrian Bates
Published by Oxford UP (2010) Reviewed by His Serenity, the Book Reviews Editor -
"War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission: Designing Compensation After Conflict," by Timothy J. Feighery, Christopher S. Gibson, and Trevor M. Rajah, eds.
Published by Oxford UP (2015) Reviewed by His Serenity, The Book Review Editor -
"The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television," by Tricia Jenkins
Published by University of Texas Press (2013) Reviewed by Julius Taranto