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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A More Democratic Foreign Policy Is Possible
A review of David Allen, “Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century” (Harvard University Press, 2023). -
Was the Iraq War a Foreseeable Blunder?
A review of Melvyn P. Leffler, “Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq” (Oxford University Press, 2023). -
How to End Wars: Lawyering Peace in a Changing World
A review of Paul Williams, “Lawyering Peace” (Cambridge University Press, 2021) -
If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em
A new book argues that the best way to make the American internet less vulnerable to attack from authoritarian adversaries is to lock it down. -
Cyber Insurance and Cybersecurity Policy: An Interconnected History
A review of Josephine Wolff, “Cyberinsurance Policy: Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks” (MIT Press, 2022). -
“Zeitenwende”: A Turning Point for German Policy Toward China?
A review of Norbert Röttgen, “Never Again Helpless! A Manifesto in Times of War” (published in German under the title “Nie wieder hilflos! Ein Manifest in Zeiten des Krieges”) (dtv, 2022). -
An Unbalanced Biography of the Espionage Act
A review of Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman, “A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press” (University of Illinois Press, 2022). -
Policing With Less and Less Policing
A review of Michelle Wilde Anderson, “The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America” (Simon & Schuster, 2022). -
Demystifying the Financial Action Task Force
A review of Julia Morse, “The Bankers’ Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing” (Cornell University Press, 2021). -
The Costs of Social Inequality for Military Effectiveness
A review of Jason Lyall, “Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War” (Princeton University Press, 2020). -
The Dangers of Expansive Public Health Surveillance
A review of David Lyon, “Pandemic Surveillance” (polity, 2022). -
A Century-and-a-Half Look at the Waves of Global Terrorism
A review of David C. Rapoport, “Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present” (Columbia University Press, 2022).
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