Covert Contact Bullets of Palestine Author Howard Kaplan returns to Covert Contact to discuss Bullets of Palestine (the second novel in his Jerusalem Spy Series), chronic tensions in the Middle East, the prospect for reconciliation, Abu Nidal, and his approach to writing.
Diplomacy Book Excerpt: The Embassy: A Story of War and Diplomacy The Embassy is a graphic, cinematic retelling of the harrowing climax of the Liberian civil war and the U.S. and West African role in ending it. Through interviews with the Ambassador and
Covert Contact Victor in The Rubble: Tackling Intelligence Community Bureaucracy Through Satire Former CIA Reports Officer Alex Finley joins me in episode 50 to discuss her first novel and the business of intelligence. Victor in the Rubble is a satirical look at the CIA and
Books Marie von Clausewitz: A Biography of a Wider Experience Jill S. Russell is a military historian whose interests lie in contemporary security affairs. She has recently submitted her doctoral dissertation on logistics, subsistence and American strategic culture. She has worked as a
Covert Contact The Damascus Cover and the Psychology of Spies with Howard Kaplan Howard Kaplan wrote his debut espionage novel, The Damascus Cover, nearly forty years ago. He joins me to discuss the book, the recently completed the film adaptation staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Sir
Terrorism All Filler, No Killer: Robert Baer's "The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins" Theodore W. Weaver is a former Intelligence Officer within the CIA’s National Clandestine Service and the Directorate of Science and Technology. He has close to a decade working as a Special Agent
Books Excerpt: Before the First Shots Are Fired by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz General Tony Zinni (retired) was commander-in-chief of CENTCOM and special envoy to the Middle East before retiring as a four-star general. He has appeared on The Daily Show and Meet the Press, among
Books An Excerpt from Linda Robinson's One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare Linda Robinson is a senior international policy analyst at RAND. She has been an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Public Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center. Her book
Books Excerpts from Wife and War: The Memoir Amalie Flynn is an American writer and the author of two blogs: Wife and War and September Eleventh. Flynn’s Wife and War poetry has appeared in The New York Times at War
