LATEST Book Review COLUMNS

November 13, 2018January 2, 2019

BOOK REVIEW: Mike4

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November 6, 2018January 2, 2019

REVIEW: The Spy Who Was Left Behind

THE SPY WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND by Michael Pullara, Scribner, New York, 2018 Reviewed by Joseph Augustyn There are currently 129 stars carved into the white Alabama marble wall in the lobby of CIA...

October 30, 2018January 2, 2019

Book Review: The Skripal Files

Reviewed by Cipher Brief Expert and former Chief of Station, CIA Dan Hoffman The Skripal Files, Henry Holt & Company, 2018 BBC Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban’s latest book is a gripping...

October 23, 2018January 2, 2019

Book Review: Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

By Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz, Berkley Reviewed by Under/Cover Senior Editor Bill Harlow Young people today would be forgiven if they believed that they live in a time of unprecedented hate and...

October 16, 2018January 2, 2019

BOOK REVIEW: Terrorism, Betrayal & Resilience: My Story of the 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombings

Reviewed by James L. Bullock It is an oft-told tale in Foreign Service circles that America’s diplomats, not its soldiers and sailors, are the nation’s first line of defense. Certainly more U.S....

October 9, 2018January 2, 2019

BOOK REVIEW: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR: THE GREATEST ESPIONAGE STORY OF THE COLD WAR by Ben MacIntyre, Crown, New York, 2018 Reviewed by Joseph W. Augustyn What most experienced intelligence officers will tell you...

October 2, 2018January 2, 2019

Review: The Best of Enemies

Long before ‘The Best of Enemies’ was published (on sale today), movie producer Ron Howard and Imagine Entertainment optioned the book with an eye toward making a motion picture from the...