National Security

In this readily accessible study, political scientist Glenn J. Antizzo identifies 15 factors critical to the success of contemporary US military intervention....

The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage...and ending one....

Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyberattack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter's groundbreaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons....

In Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why national security failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists....

By laying bare the tactics used by ISIS to deceive and exploit new recruits and exposing the veneer these extremists operate under, Dr. Mehlman-Orozco hopes to empower listeners with the knowledge needed to prevent future recruitment and thereby preventing acts of terrorism....

In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the existence of the NSA, the largest, most secretive, and best-financed intelligence organization in the world....

What should government do to eliminate or reduce the likelihood of a future attack....

At the beginning of the 21st century, China is poised to become a major global power....

Zero Fail (2021) follows the decline through decades, leadership changes, and game-changing global events....

In the stunning follow up to Father Night, Jack McClure faces a choice: help the woman he loves, or destroy her as the enemy she is....

The Consequences of Humiliation explores the nature of national humiliation and its impact on foreign policy. Joslyn Barnhart demonstrates that Germany's catastrophic reaction to humiliation at the end of World War I is part of a broader pattern....

Who’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives....

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the United States Army became the principal agent of American foreign policy....

At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire. Yet for 40 years it eschewed an aggressive grand strategy. Why....

In Dying to Learn, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn. He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies—British, French, and German—struggle to cope with deadlock throughout the First World War....

For six months, Army Captain Matt C. Pinsker was deployed to the Mexican-American border as a member of a unique mission. He and a handful of others were assigned to the Department of Justice as special prosecutors to handle the increasing number of immigration cases....

Cybersecurity incidents make the news with startling regularity. Cybersecurity expert Josephine Wolff argues that we shouldn't forget about these incidents, we should investigate their trajectory, from technology flaws to reparations for harm done to their impact on future security measures....

Somewhere in America, Sheehan maintains, are a number of terrorist cells, their members' heads filled with schemes of mayhem and destruction....

The US, Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Its grand strategy of "liberal hegemony" is counterproductive, costly, and wasteful....

Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon began working on this book shortly after leaving the National Security Council, where, as director and senior director for counterterrorism, they watched the rise of al-Qaeda and helped coordinate America’s fight against Usama bin Laden and his organization....