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 Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law," by Jenny Martinez
Published by Oxford USA (2012) Reviewed by John Harrison -
"Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," by David E. Sanger
Reviewed by Amy Sennett Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David E. Sanger (Crown 2012) -
"Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy," by Mark A. Drumbl
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Rick Wilson -
"Rights at Risk: The Limits of Liberty in Modern America," by David K. Shipler
Published by Knopf (2012) Reviewed by Sara Aronchick Solow -
"Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State," by Dana Priest and William Arkin
Published by Little, Brown and Company (2011) Reviewed by Rabea Benhalim -
"The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," by Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer
Published by Little, Brown & Company (2012) Reviewed by Wells Bennett -
"War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences," by Mary L. Dudziak
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Samuel Moyn Consider two views about what went wrong after 9/11 (if you think anything did). -
"The Sudan Handbook," by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo, and Jok Madut Jok, eds.
Published by James Currey (London UK 2011) Reviewed by Tom Porteous -
"Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics," by Stephen F. Knott
Published by University of Kansas Press (2012) Reviewed by Benjamin Kleinerman -
"Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War," by Stephen C. Neff
Published by Harvard University Press (2010) Reviewed by Alan G. Kaufman -
"Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda," by Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker
Published by Henry Holt/Times Books (2011) Reviewed by Samuel Rascoff -
"The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda," by Ali H. Soufan with Daniel Freedman
Published by WW Norton (2011) Reviewed by Dana Stern Gibber
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