Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

NatSecEdge
cipherbrief

Welcome! Log in to stay connected and make the most of your experience.

Input clean

Books

Going at China's Breakneck Pace

BOOK REVIEW: Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the FutureBy Dan Wang / W.W. NortonReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole [...] More

NatSecEdge

The Latest

Cocaine Kings 2.0: The Fall of the Cali Cartel

BOOK REVIEW: After Escobar: Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in HistoryBy Chris Feistl and Dave Mitchell with [...] More

The Future Fusion of Man and Machine

BOOK REVIEW: The Cybernetic Society: How Humans and Machines Will Shape the Future TogetherBy Amir Husain / Basic BooksReviewed by: Terence CheckThe [...] More

An Artful Thriller: Silva Scores Again

BOOK REVIEW: An Inside JobBy Daniel Silva / HarperReviewed by: Anne and Jay GrunerThe Reviewers — Anne and Jay Gruner were career CIA officers in [...] More

Sacred Decisions and Surrender

BOOK REVIEW: Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of JapanBy Richard Overy / W.W. NortonReviewed by: Sonya Seunghye LimThe Reviewer — [...] More

A Nuclear Day of the Jackal

BOOK REVIEW: The Moldavian GambitBy Brad Meslin / Manhattan Book GroupReviewed by: James LawlerThe Reviewer — James Lawler devoted more than half of [...] More

The China Challenge – Some Fresh, Some Familiar Insights

BOOK REVIEW: LESSONS FROM THE NEW COLD WAR: AMERICA CONFRONTS THE CHINA CHALLENGEBy Hal Brands (Editor) /Johns Hopkins University PressReviewed by: [...] More

NatSecEdge

Covering the Blaze the World Forgot

BOOK REVIEW: Fuji Fire: Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marine Corps TragedyBy Chas Henry / Potomac BooksReviewed by: Bill HarlowThe Reviewer — [...] More

The Zbig Biography: No Small Feat!

BOOK REVIEW: Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet by Edward LuceAvid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterReviewed by: [...] More

The Central Role of Women in the CIA

BOOK REVIEW: AGENTS OF CHANGE: The Women Who Transformed the CIABy Christina Hillsberg / Citadel June 24. 2025Reviewed by: Jennifer EwbankThe [...] More

Women Who Weaponized Words in World War II

BOOK REVIEW: Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women of the OSSBy Lisa Rogak / St. Martin’s PressReviewed by: Tammy Kupperman ThorpThe Reviewer [...] More

An Engaging Look at U.S. – China Relations

BOOK REVIEW: Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost AmericaBy David Shambaugh / Oxford University PressReviewed by: Paul HeerThe Reviewer — [...] More

Cloth and Dagger – A Deep Dive in the World of Espionage and the Vatican

BOOK REVIEW: VATICAN SPIES: From the Secord World War to Pope FrancisBy Yvonnick Donoël/ HurstReviewed by: Rolf Mowatt-LarssenThe Reviewer — Rolf [...] More