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By Brent L. Sterling
8/20/2010
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Sterling examines case studies of instances in which a nation, facing a menu of prospective choices for securing a frontier, chose to build a strategic barrier. He then examines the subsequent implementation of this decision and its impact, says reviewer Scott Savitz, Ph.D., senior analyst, HOMELAND SECURITY STUDIES AND ANALYSIS INSTITUTE.
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By Allan McDougall and Robert Radvanovsky
8/20/2010
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In Transportation Systems Security, the authors attempt to present the “strategic, operational, and practical considerations involved in the implementation of physical, procedural, and managerial safeguards required to keep all modes of transportation up and running during an actual or potential disaster.” Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book.
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By James E. McGinley
6/15/2009
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In Freedom’s Unsteady March: America’s Role in Building Arab Democracy, Tamara Cofman Wittes challenges the failure of the Bush administration to advance its democracy agenda and the inability of incumbent Arab states to accommodate the rising needs and aspirations of their citizens. At stake is world stability in the face of an unsustainable status quo and seismic forces of social change. James E. McGinley reviews the book.
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By Mark S. Hamm
1/23/2009
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Terrorism as Crime brings a practical criminological perspective to the counterterrorism field, which tends to be dominated by studies of the sociopolitical factors that stimulate such terrorist groups, rather than studies of the means by which such groups support themselves and execute their plans. The analysis and policy advice, supported by detailed dissections of counterterrorism investigations and trials, may appeal to government officials and the layperson alike. Joseph Wheatley reviews the book.
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By Yukinori Komine
10/20/2008
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Professor Komine has produced a very useful book on a seminal period of American and world history, says reviewer Richard C. Thornton. Writing about the U.S. opening to China, based on newly available archival material, Komine takes the reader through the labyrinthine intricacies of Washington’s bureaucratic politics, describing concentric rings of secrecy in which only the President himself knew the full magnitude of the events he set in motion, including others only as they became integral to the implementation of his vision. Richard C. Thornton reviews the book.
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By Al J. Venter
6/18/2008
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Veteran war correspondent Al Venter looks at the ample evidence that Islamic countries and al-Qaeda are seeking atomic weapons and are likely to use them. He reckons the likelihood of nuclear weapons use as high. Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book.
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By Barry Kellman
12/31/2007
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In Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime, Barry Kellman describes the underestimated danger of biological agents falling into the hands of those who would be inclined to use them, and provides a wide-ranging and detailed policy analysis on how to prevent this from happening.
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By William Langewiesche
12/30/2007
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In The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor, William Langewiesche describes how we are entering a “world in which many countries have acquired atomic bombs, and some may use them.” Poor countries, he says, “for a host of reasons, are more likely to use their nuclear weapons than the great powers have been … At the extreme is the possibility, entirely real, that one or two nuclear weapons will pass into the hands of the new stateless guerillas, the jihadists, who offer none of the retaliatory targets that have so far underlain the nuclear peace.” Langewiesche, however, gives solid reasons why acquiring a nuclear weapon or the means to manufacture one would be very difficult (though not impossible). Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book.
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By Jeremy Scahill
12/29/2007
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In Blackwater: The Rise of The World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Jeremy Scahill illuminates the reliance on “private contractors” as a main part of the Total Force during the Global War on Terror. In Iraq, a company called Blackwater is conducting missions that have been historically military-only, such as security and munitions training. Chris LeCron reviews the book.
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By Karen Armstrong
2/8/2007
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In Islam: A Short History, Karen Armstrong traces Islam’s origins and subsequent history and illustrates its religious principles, placing the prophet Muhammad squarely in the times he inhabited. Armstrong follows the history of Islam after Muhammad’s death in 632 and how the resulting violence over leadership set up rifts and differences that are seen in the Sunni and Shia divisions to this day. Analytic Services editor Noëlle MacKenzie reviews the book.
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