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Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).

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Guns Don’t Kill People…And Neither Do Robots (Yet).

By Katrina Manson / W.W.Norton & CompanyReviewed by: Neal A. Pollard The Reviewer – Neal A. Pollard is a partner at Control Risks Group and was the [...] More

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From Kabul to the French Quarter

The Fourth Option

From Kabul to the French Quarter

BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH OPTIONBy JACK CARR AND M.P. WOODWARD / ATRIA/EMILY BESTLER BOOKSReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer — Susan Gorgioski is [...] More

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

Allies In War, Partners In Peace

Ike and Winston

Allies In War, Partners In Peace

BOOK REVIEW: Ike and Winston: World War, Cold War, and an Extraordinary FriendshipBy: Jonathan W. Jordan/ Dutton (publishing May 12, 2026)Reviewed [...] More

Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

Putin's Dangerous, Corrupt, and Often Incompetent Spies

BOOK REVIEW Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret WarBy Sean M. Wiswesser / Naval Institute Press,Reviewed [...] More

Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"

Defending Taiwan

Finally, a Taiwan Strategy That Goes Beyond "Do Something"

BOOK REVIEW: Defending Taiwan A Strategy To Prevent War With ChinaBy Eyck Preymann / Oxford University PressReviewed by: Martin PetersenThe Reviewer: [...] 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

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