International Security category: 2908 books
Surveillance Valley
The Secret Military History of the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.
A visionary intelligence officer,...
Listening In
Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
A cybersecurity expert and former Google privacy analyst’s urgent call to protect devices and networks against malicious hackers and misinformed policymakers
New technologies have provided both incredible convenience and new threats. The same kinds of digital networks that allow you to hail...
Rise and Kill First
The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as “an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.”
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY
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by Hank Prunckun
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Designed for university students in the burgeoning field of intelligence studies and professional training classes, Counterintelligence Theory and Practice provides all the elements required for a successful counterintelligence operation. Exploring issues relating to national security, military, law...
Hacked
The Inside Story of America's Struggle to Secure Cyberspace
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The spectacular cyber attack on Sony Pictures and costly hacks of Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and databases containing sensitive data on millions of U.S. federal workers have shocked the nation. Despite a new urgency for the president, Congress, law enforcement, and corporate America to address...
The Plot to Hack America
How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
“The Plot to Hack America reads like a spy thriller, but it’s all too real.” –US Daily Review
Over 600 Amazon *FIVE STAR* Reviews!
“Nance states that, by their choices, actions, and statements, ‘Trump and Pence chose Russia’s values over America’s.’” –Michael Lipkin,...
The Human Factor
Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
George W. Bush’s presidency was poisoned by a lack of human source intelligence on 9/11, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Carter was humiliated by the hostage crisis in Iran. The Bay of Pigs was President Kennedy’s greatest blunder. Vietnam ended the Johnson presidency and Korea ended Truman’s....
Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad
How to Be a Counterintelligence Officer
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
A Classic in Counterintelligence—Now Back in PrintOriginally published in 1987, Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad is a unique primer that teaches the principles, strategy, and tradecraft of counterintelligence (CI). CI is often misunderstood and narrowly equated with security and catching spies,...
Pay Any Price
Greed, Power, and Endless War
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A New York Times Notable Book: A look at the hidden costs of America’s war on terror from “the finest national security reporter of this generation” (Newsweek).
Since 9/11, the United States has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In...
Hezbollah and Hamas
A Comparative Study
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Hezbollah and Hamas are major players in Middle Eastern politics and have a growing involvement in global events. Despite their strikingly different beginnings, they share a common denominator—an adversary in Israel. Hezbollah and Hamas draws from primary interviews and documents coupled with a...
Fault Lines in Global Jihad
Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
This book deals with the causes, nature, and impact of the divisions within the jihadi movement, and the splits between jihadis and other Islamic groups.
Fault Lines in Global Jihad offers a systematic and comprehensive examination of the broad range of divisions that contribute to the weakening...
The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan
Historical and Social Roots of Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
This book explains the origins and nature of terrorism in Pakistan and examines the social, political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of political violence there.
Since 9/11, the state of Pakistan has come to be regarded as the epicentre of terrorist activity committed...
Imperial Grunts
On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror. Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground who are leading...
The Contractor
How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
**A lot has been written about the time contractor Raymond Davis spent in a Pakistani jail in 2011. Unfortunately, much of it is misleading—or downright false—information. **
Now, the man at the center of the controversy tells his side of the story for the very first time. In The Contractor:...