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A Fox's Study Of A Hedgehog Problem

The Ghost in the Machine

A Fox's Study Of A Hedgehog Problem

BOOK REVIEW: THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE: Reconsidering the Operational Level of WarBy Cagri Sagiroglu / Howgate Publishing LimitedReviewed by: Gregory [...] More

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Leadership Under Fire: Israel After October 7

In The War Room

Leadership Under Fire: Israel After October 7

BOOK REVIEW: IN THE WAR ROOM: THE INSIDE STORY OF ISRAEL'S FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS AND THE IRANIAN AXISBy Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman / Wicked [...] More

The Geopolitics Of Silicon: A Field Guide To Tech Warfare

Bytes and Bullets

The Geopolitics Of Silicon: A Field Guide To Tech Warfare

BOOK REVIEW: BYTES AND BULLETS: GLOBAL RIVALRIES, BIG TECH, AND THE NEW SHAPE OF MODERN WARFAREBy Steve Feldstein / St. Martin's PressReviewed by: [...] More

A Quarter-Century Reckoning With America's War On Terror

All The President's Wars

A Quarter-Century Reckoning With America's War On Terror

BOOK REVIEW: ALL THE PRESIDENTS' WARSBy Peter Bergen / W. W. Norton & CompanyReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer — Joe Zacks is the former Deputy [...] More

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

From Ground Zero to Grace — A Journey Through Trauma to Service

The Greatest Love

From Ground Zero to Grace — A Journey Through Trauma to Service

BOOK REVIEW: THE GREATEST LOVEBy Tim Brown / Convergent BooksReviewed by: Joe ZacksThe Reviewer — Joe Zacks is the former Deputy Assistant Director [...] More

Old Spies, Old Flames, New Bodies

The Shadow Friends

Old Spies, Old Flames, New Bodies

BOOK REVIEW: THE SHADOW FRIENDSBy Tess Gerritsen / Thomas & MercerReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer — Susan Gorgioski is a writer who has [...] More

A Life TOO Improbable For Fiction

Ortiz's War

A Life TOO Improbable For Fiction

BOOK REVIEW: ORTIZ'S WAR: THE ALLIES' SECRET WEAPON AGAINST THE NAZIS IN FRANCEBy Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S. Sanders / Harper HorizonReviewed by: [...] More

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