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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"Collective Security," by Alexander Orakhelashvili
Published by Oxford University Press (2011) -
"Diplomatic Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Bosnia and Hercegovina," by Philippe Leroux-Martin
Published by Cambridge University Press (2014) -
"Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict," by William Boothby
Published by Oxford University Press, 2009 -
"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) -
"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) -
"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 -
"Judicial Review of National Security," by David Scharia
Published by Oxford UP (2015) Reviewed by His Serenity, The Book Review Editor -
"The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics," by Andrew Small
Published by Oxford University Press (2015) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel