Book Reviews
The Book Review delves into the many books on national security and related fields published each year. It offers reviews that range widely across subjects and disciplines, from domestic and international law to history, strategic and military studies, from national security journalism to terrorism and counterterrorism, ethics, and technology. Contributors include scholars, serving or former government officials or military personnel, journalists, experts of many kinds, and students in law school or university.
Latest in Book Reviews
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The Maritime Origins of Judicial Review
A review of Kevin Arlyck, “The Nation at Sea: The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789-1825” (Cambridge University Press, 2025). -
A Political History of the Internet
A review of Fiona M. Alexander, Laura DeNardis, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani, “Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025). -
‘Defending Taiwan’ and the Limits of Military-Only Deterrence
A Review of Eyck Freymann’s “Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War With China” (Oxford University Press, 2026) -
War, Race, and America’s Values
A review of Wil Haygood, “The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026) -
Legalism Mission Creep
A review of Doyle K. Hodges, “The Rise of US Military Legalism: A New Theory of Military Professionalism” (Routledge, 2026). -
How the U.S. Military Learned to Embrace AI Warfare
A review of Katrina Manson, “Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare” (Norton, 2026). -
From How Africa Works to How It Will Transform
A review of Joe Studwell, “How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026). -
An Optimist’s Account of Artificial Intelligence
A review of Josh Tyrangiel’s “AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things that Matter” (Simon & Schuster, 2026). -
Harsh Confinement
A review of W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” (Norton, 2026). -
How Authoritarians Control the News
A review of Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, “Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News” (Columbia University Press 2025). -
Undersea Cables and the Material Politics of Digital Connectivity
A review of Samanth Subramanian, “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World” (Columbia Global Reports, 2025). -
A First Step to Unpacking Cyber, Deception, and Intelligence Contests
A review of “Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft,” Jon Lindsay (Cornell, 2025)
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