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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"World Order," by Henry Kissinger
Published by Penguin Press (2014) Reviewed by Ali Wyne -
"Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David," by Lawrence Wright
Published by Knopf (2014) Reviewed by Peter Baker -
"The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941," by Roger Moorhouse
Published by Basic Books (2014) Reviewed by Benjamin Bissell -
"Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat," by Jeffrey D. Simon
Published by Prometheus Books (2013) Reviewed by Ashley Green -
"Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force," by Robert M. Farley
Published by The University Press of Kentucky (2014) Reviewed by Charles Blanchard -
"Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War," by Robert M. Gates
Published by Knopf (2014) Reviewed by Charlie Dunlap -
"No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State," by Glenn Greenwald
Published by Metropolitan Books (2014) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes -
"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