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 Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth," by Mark Mazzetti
Published by Penguin Press (2013) Reviewed by Jack Goldsmith -
"National Security Investigations & Prosecutions, 2nd ed. (Vols. 1 & 2)," by David S. Kris and J. Douglas Wilson
Published by Thomson West (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
"The Human Face of Big Data," by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, eds.
Published by Against All Odds Productions (2012) Reviewed by Susan Hennessey -
"The Gatekeepers," by Dror Moreh (Director)
Published by Sony Pictures Classics-US Release (Israel 2012) Reviewed by Alan Rozenshtein, Ritika Singh, and Netta Barak-Corren -
"The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia," by Gregory D. Johnsen
Published by WW Norton (2012) Reviewed by Daniel Byman -
"The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law," by Jenny Martinez
Published by Oxford USA (2012) Reviewed by John Harrison -
"Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," by David E. Sanger
Reviewed by Amy Sennett Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David E. Sanger (Crown 2012) -
"Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy," by Mark A. Drumbl
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Rick Wilson -
"Rights at Risk: The Limits of Liberty in Modern America," by David K. Shipler
Published by Knopf (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
"Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State," by Dana Priest and William Arkin
Published by Little, Brown and Company (2011) Reviewed by Rabea Benhalim -
"The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," by Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer
Published by Little, Brown & Company (2012) Reviewed by Wells Bennett -
"War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences," by Mary L. Dudziak
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Samuel Moyn Consider two views about what went wrong after 9/11 (if you think anything did).
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