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.
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A Primer on 21st-Century Economic Weapons
Columbia University scholar Edward Fishman unpacks key economic national security campaigns over the past two decades and provides a warning about the misuse of economic sanctions and export controls. -
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech
A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024). -
How to Win a War Against Reality
A review of Steve Benen, “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past” (Harper Collins, 2024) and Jason Stanley, “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to ... -
The Loss of Afghanistan
A review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (Yale University Press, 2024). -
How Far Will Campaign Finance Deregulation Go?
A review of Ann Southworth, “Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending” (University of Chicago Press, 2022). -
Reconstruction and the Pursuit of ‘Loyal’ Governance
A review of Mark A. Graber, “Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War” (University Press of Kansas, 2023). -
The Shadow War
A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon &... -
Military Innovation on the Global Stage
A review of Andrew F. Krepinevich, “The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers” (Yale University Press, 2023). -
Behind the Scenes With the Alt-Right
A Review of Elle Reeve’s “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics” (Atria Books, 2024) -
Divine Madness
A review of Jerome Copulsky, “American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order” (Yale University Press, 2024). -
Elon Musk’s Takeover
A review of “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter” and “Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History.” -
The Big Fix
A review of Martin Wolf, “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism” (Penguin, 2023)
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