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When Good Intelligence Met Bad Assumptions

The Labyrinth of Spymasters

When Good Intelligence Met Bad Assumptions

BOOK REVIEW: THE LABYRINTH OF SPYMASTERS: ESPIONAGE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN THE GREEK CIVIL WAR, 1944–1949By Panagiotis Dimitrakis / New Haven [...] More

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Through Churchill’s lens: Kennedy’s self-creation into Greatness

Kennedy's Only Hero

Through Churchill’s lens: Kennedy’s self-creation into Greatness

BOOK REVIEW: Kennedy’s Only Hero: How JFK’s Obsession with Winston Churchill Defined His PresidencyBy Joel Nelson/ Public Affairs, New YorkReviewed [...] More

Canada’s Top Soldier: Too Many Missions, Too Few Resources

Into the Breach

Canada’s Top Soldier: Too Many Missions, Too Few Resources

BOOK REVIEW: INTO THE BREACH: A SOLDIER’S JOURNEYBy Wayne Eyre / Simon & SchusterReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer: Jean-Thomas Nicole is a [...] More

The Challenge of History: Terrorism in Canada

A History Of Terrorism In Canada

The Challenge of History: Terrorism in Canada

Book Review: A History of Terrorism in Canada,By: Steve Hewitt/ McGill-Queen's University PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer [...] More

Access, Attachment, And Judgment: The Americans Who Explained Beijing

China Whisperers

Access, Attachment, And Judgment: The Americans Who Explained Beijing

BOOK REVIEW: CHINA WHISPERERS: THE VOICES THAT HAVE SHAPED AMERICA’S VIEWS OF ITS CHIEF GEOPOLITICAL RIVALBy Robert D. Kaplan / ScribnerReviewed by: [...] More

Can A 19Th-Century Idea Fix 21St-Century Disorder?

Bringing Order to Anarchy

Can A 19Th-Century Idea Fix 21St-Century Disorder?

BOOK REVIEW: BRINGING ORDER TO ANARCHYBy Charles A. Kupchan / Yale University PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole [...] More

Mercy At Altitude

The Flight Nurses' War

Mercy At Altitude

BOOK REVIEW: THE FLIGHT NURSES’ WAR: THE AMERICAN WOMEN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES AT IWO JIMA AND OKINAWABy Leah Garrett / Seal PressReviewed by: [...] More

Why Shipbuilding Matters In A Melting North

Sea Change

Why Shipbuilding Matters In A Melting North

BOOK REVIEW: Sea Change: America’s New Great Game in the Arctic CircleBy Rana Foroohar / CROWNReviewed by: Heidi VierowThe Reviewer — Heidi Vierow, [...] More

The Striking Paradox Of Admiral Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto

The Striking Paradox Of Admiral Yamamoto

BOOK REVIEW: ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO: THE GRIPPING STORY OF THE LEGENDARY JAPANESE NAVAL COMMANDER WHO PLANNED AND EXECUTED THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACKBy Ronald [...] More

Havana Syndrome: The Neverending Story

The Havana Syndrome

Havana Syndrome: The Neverending Story

BOOK REVIEW: THE HAVANA SYNDROME: SECRET WEAPONS, A GOVERNMENT COVER-UP, AND THE GREATEST SPY MYSTERY OF OUR TIMEBy Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de [...] More

Catch-22 Goes To Langley

The Pickle Factory

Catch-22 Goes To Langley

BOOK REVIEW: THE PICKLE FACTORY: A TALL TALE OF THE CIABy Sam R. Oyken / Ark PressReviewed by: Robert DannenbergThe Reviewer - Rob Dannenberg is a [...] More

A Security Officer’s Self-Taught Tradecraft

Hidden Lines

A Security Officer’s Self-Taught Tradecraft

BOOK REVIEW: HIDDEN LINES: THE SECRET JOURNAL OF A U.S. HOSTAGE IN IRANBy Michael Howland / Self-publishedReviewed by: Thomas TwettenThe Reviewer — [...] More

In This Spy Novel, An Ai Breach Sets Off A Globe-Trotting CIA Manhunt

Martyrs' Day

In This Spy Novel, An Ai Breach Sets Off A Globe-Trotting CIA Manhunt

BOOK REVIEW: MARTYRS’ DAYBy Timothy McQuay / Hot Type Publishing LLCReviewed by: Dr. David McNameeThe Reviewer — Dr. David McNamee is a retired U.S. [...] More