National Security

In Onward Muslim Soldiers, the author of Islam Unveiled reveals why the threat of violent jihad is growing daily....

The Image of the Enemy examines how seven countries analyzed and used intelligence to understand their main adversary....

For those chosen to fight terrorism at its source, secrecy is the only imperative, a rule Special Agent Jeremy Waller is about to find out the hard way....

This book covers the Taliban's complete history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States....

Based on original archival findings, Arsenal of Democracy offers new insights into nearly every major national security issue since the beginning of the cold war....

Our national security increasingly depends on access to the most advanced technology. Yet the next time we set out to capture a terrorist leader, we may fail. Why? The answer lies in a conflict between the commercial world of innovation and the world of national security....

Encryption, firewalls, and authentication may be the first line of defense, but you are the first line of defense in your household!...

David Ucko examines US Department of Defense's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality....

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

American Presidents in Diplomacy and War chronicles the major foreign policy crises faced by twelve American presidents in order to uncover the reoccurring patterns of successful and less successful uses of diplomatic, economic, and military power.

In poll after poll, one of the threats facing our nation is the use of a cyber attack to cause a grid-down scenario....

Decoding the Virtual Dragon explains how Chinese information warfare concepts since 2003 fit into the strategic outlook, practices, and activities of the People’s Liberation Army, offering explanations directly from the pens of Chinese experts with few intermediate filters....

Are China and the United States headed for war? Yes, say best-selling authors Jed Babbin (former deputy undersecretary of defense) and Edward Timperlake (veteran defense analyst)....

Jim Webb presents a clear-eyed, hard-hitting plan of attack for putting government to work for the people....

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks, has carried out many of the biggest terrorist plots of the past 20 years....

Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends....

Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details....

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....

The revised story of Checkmate is the first in The White House National Security series and features young scientist Dr. Cameron Talbot who invents a breakthrough technology to defend against cruise missiles....

Americans have been shocked in the past few years to discover how vulnerable our nation is to disaster, be it terrorist attack or act of God. But it doesn't have to be this way....