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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Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom
A review of Elisabeth Braw, “Undersea War: The Battle to Control the Cables and Pipelines That Connect Our World” (Public Affairs, 2026). -
Why the U.S. Military Has Never Threatened Civilian Governance
A review of “The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States” (Polity, 2025). -
Nazi Women in Court
A review of Jessica Trisko Darden, “The Accused: How Women Faced Justice for Nazi-Era Crimes” (Yale University Press, 2026). -
The Full Stack of U.S.-China Cyber Competition
A review of Ahana Datta Fasel, “Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition” (Hurst, 2026). -
The New Arctic
A review of Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, “Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic” (Yale University Press 2025) -
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).
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