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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"Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed," by William Shawcross
Published by PublicAffairs (2012) Reviewed by Wells C. Bennett -
"America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare," by Joel Brenner
Published by Penguin Press (2011) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes -
"Prisoners in War," by Sibylle Scheipers, ed.
Reviewed by Kenneth Anderson Prisoners in War Ed. Sibylle Scheipers (Oxford 2010) -
"Extraterritorial Use of Force Against Non-State Actors," by Noam Lubell
Reviewed by Kenneth Anderson Noam Lubell, Extraterritorial Use of Force Against Non-State Actors (Oxford 2010) -
"Eyes on Spies," by Amy B. Zegart
Published by Hoover Institution Press (2011) Reviewed by Kenneth Anderson -
"A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism," by Daniel Byman
Published by Oxford University Press (2011) Reviewed by Alice Diana Beauheim -
"Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser," by Michael P. Scharf and Paul R. Williams
Published by Cambridge University Press (2010) Reviewed by Jennifer C. Daskal -
"The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA," by Joby Warrick
Published by Doubleday (2011) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes -
"Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security," by Daniel J. Solove
Published by Yale University Press (2011) Reviewed by Paul Rosenzweig -
"The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic," by Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule
Published by Oxford University Press USA (2011) Reviewed by Benjamin Kleinerman -
"Habeas Corpus After 9/11: Confronting America’s New Global Detention System," by Jonathan Hafetz
Published by New York University Press Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes