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From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal

Tojo: The Rise and Fall

From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal

BOOK REVIEW: Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II GeneralPeter Mauch / Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University [...] More

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Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

The DGSE

Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

BOOK REVIEW: The DGSE: A Concise History of France’s Foreign Intelligence ServiceBy Damien Van Puyvelde / Georgetown University PressReviewed by: [...] More

Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

The DGSE

Beyond The Bureau: The Real DGSE

BOOK REVIEW: The DGSE: A Concise History of France’s Foreign Intelligence ServiceBy Damien Van Puyvelde / Georgetown University PressReviewed by: [...] More

Thus Spoke Henry Kissinger

The Kissinger Tapes

Thus Spoke Henry Kissinger

BOOK REVIEW: The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations Tom Wells/ Oxford University PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas [...] More

A New Focus on the Psychology of Betrayal

Treason, Terrorism and Betrayal

A New Focus on the Psychology of Betrayal

BOOK REVIEW: Treason, Terrorism, and BetrayalBy William Costanza / Lynne Rienner PublishersReviewed by: Sean WiswesserThe Reviewer — Sean Wiswesser [...] More

Before Midnight Hammer There Was Doom 34

Doom 34

Before Midnight Hammer There Was Doom 34

BOOK REVIEW: DOOM 34: A Firsthand Account of the Top-Secret Mission that Launched Operation Desert StormBy Colonel Trey Morriss, U.S. Air Force (Ret) [...] More

Churchill–de Gaulle: Men of Destiny, Artists of History

The Last Titans

Churchill–de Gaulle: Men of Destiny, Artists of History

BOOK REVIEW: The Last Titans: How Churchill and de Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the WorldBy Richard Vinen / Simon & SchusterReviewed [...] More

A Murder in Mexico

Death of Trotsky

A Murder in Mexico

BOOK REVIEW: THE DEATH OF TROTSKY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE PLOT TO KILL STALIN’S GREATEST ENEMYBy Josh Ireland/ DuttonReviewed by Michael J. ArdThe [...] More

Carter's China Gambit Revisited

Jimmy Carter and China

Carter's China Gambit Revisited

BOOK REVIEW: Jimmy Carter and China: Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War.By Sheng Peng / Columbia University PressReviewed by: [...] More

Gray Zone Games: Idov's Thriller Mirrors Today's Shadowy Reality

The Cormorant Hunt

Gray Zone Games: Idov's Thriller Mirrors Today's Shadowy Reality

BOOK REVIEW: The Cormorant HuntBy Michael Idov / ScribnerReviewed by: Anne and Jay GrunerThe Reviewers: Anne and Jay Gruner are retired CIA senior [...] More

The Original Sin of Vietnam

Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam

The Original Sin of Vietnam

BOOK REVIEW: Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America’s Descent Into VietnamBy JACK CHEEVERS / SIMON & SCHUSTERReviewed by: [...] More

A Narrow Lens on China's Red Revolution

Red Dawn Over China

A Narrow Lens on China's Red Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Red Dawn Over China How Communism Conquered a Quarter of a HumanityBy Frank Dikötter / Bloomsbury PublishingReviewed by: Martin [...] More

The Struggles for a Two-State Solution – An Israeli Perspective

A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the struggles for statehood

The Struggles for a Two-State Solution – An Israeli Perspective

BOOK REVIEW: A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for StatehoodBy Colin Shindler / Swift PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe [...] More