Obsession and Betrayal: A Review of ‘The Spy Who Knew Too Much’
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
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The Fourth Man and the Hunt for Proof
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
Viva La (CIA) Vampire!
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
When Presidents and the Press Clash
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
The Future of Artificial Intelligence
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
How China is Reweaving Hollywood’s Red Carpet
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
What Does Intelligence Look Like in the Future?
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
The Fascination of the Abomination
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
A CIA Story of Disruption and Overt Success
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
From Warsaw with Love
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
Exploring China’s High-Tech Penal Colony
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
Imagining a CIA Operation in Damascus
BOOK REVIEW: Damascus Station: A Novel By David McCloskey / W.W. Norton & Company Reviewed by Robert Richer The Reviewer — Robert Richer served as […] More
A Closer Look at Vienna’s History of Espionage
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
A Review of Asian American Spies
“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
What The Afghanistan Papers tells us about War and Truth
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
Tracking the Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden
BOOK REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden By Peter Bergen / Simon & Schuster Reviewed by Toby Harnden (The Cipher Brief taps […] More
What Afghanistan Cost the CIA
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
Congress is Overwhelmed. Now What?
BOOK REVIEW: Congress Overwhelmed – The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform By Editors Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman and Kevin Kosar / […] More
Book Review: Japanese Foreign Intelligence and Grand Strategy
BOOK REVIEW: Japanese Foreign Intelligence and Grand Strategy: From the Cold War to the Abe Era By Brad Williams / Georgetown University Press Reviewed by […] More
A Female Spy Thriller that gets it Right
BOOK REVIEW: Red Widow: A Novel / Putnam By: Alma Katsu Reviewed by Alison Bouwmeester THE REVIEWER —Alison P. Bouwmeester served for 28 years as a […] More
Three Wise Men and Their Duty to Serve
BOOK REVIEW: Three Wise Men: A Navy SEAL, a Green Beret and How their Marine Brother Became a War’s Sole Survivor By Beau Wise and Tom […] More
Reviewing 2034: The Next World War
BOOK REVIEW: 2034: A Novel of the Next World War By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis Reviewed by Martin Petersen THE REVIEWER — Cipher Brief […] More
Why a DIY Drone Program was a Bad Idea
The Cipher Brief is committed to a free exchange of ideas. Our book reviewers are drawn from the ranks of our readers — and they […] More
Spies, Journalists and the Literature of Witness
BOOK REVIEW: On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist by Clarissa Ward / Penguin Press Reviewed by Marc Polymeropoulos Cipher Brief Expert Marc Polymeropoulos served […] More