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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"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 -
"A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja," by Joost R. Hiltermann
A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja by Joost R. Hiltermann (Cambridge UP 2007) -
"Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin-Laden's Final Plot Against America," by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman
Published by Touchstone (2013) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks," by Alex Gibney (Director)
Published by Independent (2013) Reviewed by Clara Spera -
"Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," by John Fabian Witt
Published by Free Press (2012) Reviewed by Stephen C. Neff