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History's Most Mistrusted Friendship

Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies

History's Most Mistrusted Friendship

BOOK REVIEW: Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies: A History of American-Russian RelationsBy David S. Fogelsong, Ivan Kurilla and Victoria [...] More

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When the Chekists Took Up the Pen

KGB Literati

When the Chekists Took Up the Pen

BOOK REVIEW: KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet UnionBy Filip Kovacevic / University of Toronto PressReviewed by: Bill [...] More

The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller

Revenge of Odessa

The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller

BOOK REVIEW: REVENGE OF ODESSABy Frederick Forsyth with Tony Kent / G.P. Putnam’s SonsReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer — Susan Gorgioski is a [...] More

From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again

The Fourth Intelligence Revolution

From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again

BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save AmericaBy: Anthony Vinci/ Henry Holt and [...] More

A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy

The Darkside of the Earth

A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy

Book Review: The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism By Mikhail Zygar, ScribnerThe Reviewer —Jean-Thomas Nicole [...] More

Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today

Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea

Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today

BOOK REVIEW: Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an IdeaBy Luka Ivan Jukic / Hurst & Co.Reviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe [...] More

Realism and Rivals: McCloskey’s The Persian Rings True

Realism and Rivals: McCloskey’s The Persian Rings True

BOOK REVIEW: The Persian: A NovelBy David McCloskey/ W.W. NortonReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer: Joe Zacks is the Co-founder and Managing Partner [...] More

Does the Arctic Have an Unfrozen Future?

Does the Arctic Have an Unfrozen Future?

BOOK REVIEW: UNFROZEN: THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTICBy Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds / Yale University PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe [...] More

Behind the Mask: The Politics of Hidden Intervention

Covert Action

Behind the Mask: The Politics of Hidden Intervention

BOOK REVIEW: COVERT ACTION: NATIONAL APPROACHES TO UNACKNOWLEDGED INTERVENTIONBy Magda Long (Editor, Contributor), Rory Cormac (Editor, Contributor), [...] More

Courage and Betrayal in the Heart of Hitler's Germany

The Traitor's Circle

Courage and Betrayal in the Heart of Hitler's Germany

BOOK REVIEW: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany – and the Spy Who Betrayed ThemBy Jonathan Freedland [...] More

How Dictators Evade Justice — and Why It Still Works: Philippe Sands’ 38 Londres Street

How Dictators Evade Justice — and Why It Still Works: Philippe Sands’ 38 Londres Street

BOOK REVIEW: 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in PatagoniaBy Philippe Sands / KnopfReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe [...] More

The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order

The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order

BOOK REVIEW: THE NUCLEAR AGE: AN EPIC RACE FOR ARMS, POWER, AND SURVIVALBy Serhii Plokhy / W.W. NortonReviewed by: Michael J. ArdThe Reviewer: [...] More

High On Hype – A Tabloid Take On Delta Force and Drugs

The Fort Bragg Cartel

High On Hype – A Tabloid Take On Delta Force and Drugs

BOOK REVIEW: THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL: DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER IN THE SPECIAL FORCESBy Seth Harp / VikingReviewed by: Anna M. Gielas, PhDThe [...] More