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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"The Murder of Guatemala's Bishop Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios," by Julie Lopez
Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios Julie López F&G Editores (Guatemala City 2012) The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman Grove Press (2007) -
"Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific," by Robert D. Kaplan
Published by Random House (2014) Reviewed by Ali Wyne -
"The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014," by Carlotta Gall
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
"Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA," by John Rizzo
Published by Scribner (2013) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes -
"Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy," by Rahul Sagar
Published by Princeton University Press (2013) Reviewed by Steven Aftergood -
"Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare," by Juan Zarate
Published by PublicAffairs (2013) Reviewed by Alan Rozenshtein -
"Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence After 9/11," by Michael Allen
Published by Potomac Books (2013) Reviewed by S. Yasir Latifi -
"The Snowden Operation: Inside the West's Greatest Intelligence Disaster," by Edward Lucas
Published by Amazon Kindle Single (2014) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes Over the past few weeks, several members of congressional intelligence committees have intimated that Edward Snowden might have bee... -
"Afghanistan: A Distant War," by Robert Nickelsberg
Afghanistan: A Distant War Robert Nickelsberg; Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson; Introduction by Ahmad Nader Nadery Prestel U -
"Getting Away With Murder: Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan," by Heraldo Munoz
Published by W.W. Norton (2014) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
"The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel," by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
Published by Viking (2013) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
"Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield," by Jeremy Scahill
Published by Nation Books (2013) Reviewed by Nick Basciano