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Debut Spy Thriller Short On Tradecraft — Long On Thrills

Beyond Honor

Debut Spy Thriller Short On Tradecraft — Long On Thrills

BOOK REVIEW: BEYOND HONORBy K.B. Brodsky / Atria Emily Bestler BooksReviewed by: Anne and Jay GrunerThe Reviewers: Anne and Jay Gruner were career [...] More

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Shanghai Spies: Aliases, Lies and Extraterritoriality

The Shanghai Agents

Shanghai Spies: Aliases, Lies and Extraterritoriality

BOOK REVIEW: THE SHANGHAI AGENTS: THE SOVIET PLOT TO START A REVOLUTION IN INTERWAR CHINABy Heather Salter/ Cambridge University PressReviewed by: [...] More

Terror's First Celebrity

The Jackal

Terror's First Celebrity

BOOK REVIEW: THE JACKAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF CARLOS, THE WORLD'S FIRST SUPER-TERRORISTBy Joby Warrick / ScribnerReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer — [...] More

Technology Has Not Replaced Geography and Human Judgment

Geopolitech

Technology Has Not Replaced Geography and Human Judgment

BOOK REVIEW: GEOPOLITECH - THE SECRET GEOPOLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY: THE DAWN OF A NEW POWERBy Kevin Escoda / Independently PublishedReviewed by: [...] More

Lessons on Political Violence, State Capacity, and Democratic Resilience

American Pogroms

Lessons on Political Violence, State Capacity, and Democratic Resilience

Book ReviewAmerican Pogroms: Lessons on Political Violence, State Capacity, and Democratic ResilienceSteven R. WardDaniel Byman. American Pogroms: [...] More

A War Crimes Prosecutor's Inside Account of Al Qaeda's Secret Nuclear Plot

Second Wave

A War Crimes Prosecutor's Inside Account of Al Qaeda's Secret Nuclear Plot

BOOK REVIEW: SECOND WAVE: INSIDE AL QAEDA’S POST-9/11 ATTACK PLAN AND AMERICA’S SECRET EFFORT TO STOP ITBy Michael Lebowitz / Diversion BooksReviewed [...] More

Sects, Lies, and Statecraft

Schism

Sects, Lies, and Statecraft

SCHISM: THE STORY OF SECTARIANISM IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EASTby Simon Mabon / Yale University PressReviewed by Andy Dunn, former CIA Deputy Assistant [...] More

A Symptom and Instrument of Foreign Power

Moscow's Mercenaries

A Symptom and Instrument of Foreign Power

BOOK REVIEW: MOSCOW’S MERCENARIES: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WAGNER GROUPBy Christopher M. Faulkner, Raphael Parens, and Colin P. Clarke / Columbia [...] More

When Doomsday Prose Overplays Its Hand

Biological War

When Doomsday Prose Overplays Its Hand

BOOK REVIEW: BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIOBy Annie Jacobsen / DuttonReviewed by: Heidi VierowThe Reviewer — Heidi Vierow, PhD, a retired CIA Clandestine [...] More

Five Moles, One DOJ Lawyer

Traitors: A Novel

Five Moles, One DOJ Lawyer

BOOK REVIEW: TRAITORS: A NovelBy Robert B. McCaw /W.W. Norton & CompanyReviewed by Joseph AugustynThe Reviewer: Joseph Augustyn is a 28-year veteran [...] More

Silva's Ransom Pays Off

Ransom

Silva's Ransom Pays Off

BOOK REVIEW RANSOM: A NovelBy Daniel Silva/ HarperReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer — Joe Zacks is the former Deputy Assistant Director of the CIA [...] More

Cole's Digital Danger Is A Useful Guide For The Wrong Audience

Digital Danger

Cole's Digital Danger Is A Useful Guide For The Wrong Audience

BOOK REVIEW: Digital Danger: AI, Cybersecurity and the Fight for our FutureBy Dr. Eric Cole / Amplify Publishing,Reviewed by: Glenn S. GerstellThe [...] More

The Nord Stream Sabotage: Mystery Attacks Explained

The Nord Stream Conspiracy

The Nord Stream Sabotage: Mystery Attacks Explained

The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Explosions That Shook the WorldBy Bojan Pancevski/ Henry Holt and Co.Reviewed by: Jean-Thomas [...] More