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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Fourth Amendment Law by Analogy
A review of Orin Kerr, “The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World,”(Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Justice Delayed
A review of Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department” (Penguin Press, 2025). -
“Information Looking for People”
A review of Emily Baker-White, “Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok” (Norton, 2025). -
Misinformation Studies Meets the Raw Milk Renaissance
A review of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science” (The National Academies Press, 2025). -
America’s History of Fear-Based Governance
A review of Patrick G. Eddington, “The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower” (Georgetown University Press, 2025). -
When Misinformation Means the Difference Between Life and Death
A Review of Daniel Silverman, “Seeing Is Disbelieving: Why People Believe Misinformation in War, and When They Know Better” (Cambridge University Press, 2024). -
Germany’s Far-Right on Trial
A review of Jacob Kushner, “Look Away: A True Story of Murders, Bombings, and a Far-Right Campaign to Rid Germany of Immigrants,” (Hachette, 2024). -
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Not Aged Well
A review of Jeffrey P. Rogg, “The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence” (Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Algorithmic Optimism, Democratic Reality
A review of Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders, “Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship” (The MIT Press, 2025). -
How to Tell a National Security Story
A review of two books from Peter Roady and Andrew Preston. -
The Case for AI Doom Rests on Three Unsettled Questions
A review of Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All” (Little, Brown and Company, 2025). -
The ‘End of Immunity’ for Leaders Who Commit International Crimes?
A review of Chile Eboe-Esuji, “The End of Immunity: Holding World Leaders Accountable for Aggression, Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity” (Prometheus, 2024).
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