BOOK REVIEW: The Spy Who Knew Too Much By Howard Blum / Harper Reviewed by Cipher Brief Expert John Sipher The Reviewer — John Sipher retired […] More
Latest Book Review Columns
BOOK REVIEW: The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin’s Russia By Robert […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud By Sandy Gall / Haus Publishing Reviewed by Tim Willasey-Wilsey The Reviewer — Tim Willasey-Wilsey […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Vampires Rule! By Rolf Mowatt-Larssen and Andreas Jaworski / BookBaby Reviewed by Alma Katsu The Reviewer — Alma Katsu is a retired intelligence […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis By Jon Marshall, Potomac Books Reviewed by Bill Harlow The Reviewer — Bill Harlow […] More
BOOK REVIEW: The New Fire: War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI By Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie / MIT Press Reviewed by […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy By Erich Schwartzel / Penguin Press Reviewed by Bill Harlow The Reviewer […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence By: Amy Zegart / Princeton University Press Reviewed by Brian Fitzgerald Read […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Blown to Hell: America’s Deadly Betrayal of the Marshall Islanders By: Walter Pincus / Diversion Books Reviewed by James Lawler The Reviewer: James […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History By Aki J. Peritz / Potomac Books Reviewed by Bill Harlow The Reviewer — Bill Harlow is […] More
The training for new CIA case officers is, for the most part, practical and vitally important for the grooming and development of those tasked with […] More
BOOK REVIEW: In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony By Darren Byler / Columbia Global Reports Reviewed by Terence Check The Reviewer — Terence Check is […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Damascus Station: A Novel By David McCloskey / W.W. Norton & Company Reviewed by Robert Richer The Reviewer — Robert Richer served as […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Our Man in Vienna: The Spymaster’s War at the Heart of Europe By Panagiotis Dimitrakis / New Haven Publishing Reviewed by William D. […] More
“The book does highlight many of the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Americans who served their country and does offer some idea of their wartime roles […] More
BOOK REVIEW: Sisters of Resistance: A Novel of Catherine Dior’s Paris Spy Network By Christine Wells / William Morrow Publishing Reviewed by Alison P. Bouwmeester The […] More
Former Senior CIA Officer Daniel Hoffman takes a look at the book, Cyberspace in Peace and War in a review you’ll only find in The […] More
Former Senior CIA Officer Robert Dannenberg puts the new book, The Recruiter to the test in a candid review you’ll only find in The Cipher […] More
BOOK REVIEW: The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal By Michael Smith / Arcade Publishing Reviewed by Jean-Thomas Nicole (The Cipher Brief […] More
BOOK REVIEW: The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War By Craig Whitlock / Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Jean-Thomas Nicole (The Cipher Brief taps […] More
BOOK REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden By Peter Bergen / Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Toby Harnden (The Cipher Brief taps […] More
BOOK REVIEW: First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11 By Toby Harnden Little Brown & Co. Reviewed by Philip Mudd […] More
BOOK REVIEW: This is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race By Nicole Perlroth / Bloomsbury Publishing Reviewed by Christopher Gallup […] More
BOOK REVIEW: License to Parent: How My Career as a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids By Christina Hillsberg with Ryan Hillsberg / G.P. […] More