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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Social Identity and Misinformation
A review of “Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation” by Dannagal Goldthwaite Young (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023). -
The Inner Workings of the International Criminal Court
A review of Yvonne McDermott, “Proving International Crimes” (Oxford University. Press, 2024). -
Whack-a-Mole No More: How Extremists Choose Their Digital Safe Havens
A review of Tamar Mitts, “Safe Havens for Hate: The Challenge of Moderating Online Extremism” (Princeton University Press, 2025). -
The Psychology of a New Obedience Paradigm
A review of Emilie A. Caspar, “Just Following Orders: Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience” (Cambridge University Press, 2024). -
Can the Military Fight Climate Change?
A review of Sherri Goodman, “Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security” (Island Press, 2024). -
Peering into the ‘Double Black Box’ of National Security and AI
A review of Ashley Deeks, “The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Struggle for Democratic Accountability” (Oxford University Press, 2025) -
Badges of Honor?
A review of Jessica Pishko, “The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy” (Dutton, 2024) and Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, “The Power of the Badge: Sherif... -
The Same Old Fantasies Behind AI and New Technology
A review of Adam Becker, “More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity” (Basic Books, 2025). -
The Light That Only a Trial Can Shed
A review of Emmanuel Carrere, V13: Chronicle of a Trial (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024) -
Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Pardon
A review of Jeffrey Toobin, “The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy” (Simon & Schuster 2025) -
The Thing About Facebook
A Review of Sarah Wynn-Williams’s “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” (Flatiron Books, 2025) -
Tracing the Origins of a ‘New American Surveillance State’
A review of Byron Tau, "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" (Crown, 2024).
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