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Publications

Collection and analytic challenges in Afghanistan  (John Seeger and Lise Spargo) in Studies in Intelligence 2010 Vol. 54, No. 3

Working with Surrogates: Building and Sustaining Lasting Networks in Studies in Intelligence 2014 Vol. 58 No. 2

The Curious Case of T. E. Lawrence’s Military Sidearm in T.E. Lawrence Society Newsletter 2017.  No. 117

Digital Watches of Espionage.  The Role Watches played in the Early Days of the CIA’s war in Afghanistan.  In Watches of Espionage Dispatch.  November 22, 2022

Glorious Amateurs:  The watch worn by the OSS and the SOE in Watches of Espionage Dispatch, February 28, 2023

A Question of Time:  The time pencil explosive fuse in World War II in Watches of Espionage Dispatch, December 5, 2023

Living in Zulu Time – Why GMT watches are important to Special Operations and Intelligence Officers in Watches of Espionage Dispatch, March 26, 2024

A New Office of Strategic Services?  www.fpri.org 01 May 2025

The Origin of the US-UK Intelligence “Special Relationship” www.fpri.org 29 January 2026

Book Reviews

The Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton.  Reviewed inStudies in Intelligence 2009 Vol. 53, No. 3

Paired review of The Way of the Knife by Mark Mazetti andThe Thistle and the Drone by Akbar Ahmed.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2013 Vol. 57, No. 4

The Last Warlord by Brian Glyn Williams.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence2014 Vol. 58, No. 2

Russian Roulette by Giles Milton.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2014 Vol. 58, No. 4

Paired review of The Berlin to Baghdad Express by Sean McMeekin and The Kaiser’s Mission to Kabul by Jules Stewart.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2015 Vol. 59. No. 4

“Learning from World War II Special Operations” an expanded article/review of the following books:  The Ariadne Objective by Wes Davis, Abducting a General by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Kidnap in Crete by Rick Stroud, and Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall.   The article was published in Studies in Intelligence 2015 Vol 59, No. 4

The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2016 Vol 60, No. 3

Paired review of Fighters in the Shadows by Robert Gildea and Eisenhower’s Guerrillas by Benjamin Jones. Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol 60, No. 3

“British Special Operations in World War II” – an expanded article/review of the following books:  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton, and Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre.   Published in Studies in Intelligence 2017 Vol 61, No. 1

Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy:  Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures by Nicholas Reynolds.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2017 Vol. 61, No. 2

“Two books on Special Operations Forces”.  An expanded article/review of Oppose Any Foe:  The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces by Mark Moyar and Special Forces:  A unique national asset by Mark D. Boyatt.  Published in Studies in Intelligence 2017 Vol. 61 No. 3

OSS Operation Black Mail:One woman’s covert war against the Imperial Japanese Army  by Ann Todd.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2017 Vol. 61 No. 3

FOXTROT in Kandahar:  A memoir of a CIA officer in Afghanistan at the inception of America’s Longest War by Duane Evans.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2017. Vol. 61, No. 4

27 Articles by T. E. Lawrence.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2018 Vol. 62.  No. 1

The London Cage:  The secret history of Britain’s WWII Interrogation Centre by Helen Fry.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence 2018 Vol. 62.  No. 1

A paired book review:  Harpoon:  Inside the Covert War against Terrorism’s Money Masters by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and Samuel Katz and Rise and Kill First:  The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence  Vol 62, No. 3 September 2018.

Freedom’s Laboratory:  The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science by Audra J. Wolfe.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol 63, No. 2.  June 2019.

Surprise, Kill, Vanish.  The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators and Assassins by Annie Jacobsen.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol 63, No. 3. September 2019.

Goliath:  Why the West Doesn’t Win Wars and What We Need to Do About It by Sean McFate.   Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 63, No. 4.  December 2019

The Force:  The Legendary Special Operations Unit and WWII’s Impossible Mission by David Saul.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 64, No. 2 June 2020

Evaluating Resistance Operations in Western Europe during World War II.  An expanded review/essay focusing on two books on WWII:  The Resistance in Western Europe, 1940-1945 by Olivier Wieviorka and Hidden Armies of the Second World War:  World War II Resistance Movements by Patrick G. Zander.    Published in Studies in Intelligence Vol 65, No. 1. March 2021

The Light of Days.  The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos  by Judy Battalion.   Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol 65, No. 3.   September 2021

Underground Asia – Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 65, No. 3.  September 2021

The American War in Afghanistan:  A history by Carter Malakasian.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 65, No. 4 December 2021

Paired review/discussion:   Three Dangerous Men:  Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare by Seth Jones and Nonstate Warfare:  The military methods of guerrillas, warlords and militias by Stephen D. Biddle.   Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 66 No. 2.  June 2022

Paired review/discussion:  Afghan Napoleon:  The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall and Swords of Lightning  by Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington and Jim DeFelice.    Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 66, No. 3.  September 2022


Need to Know:  World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence  by Nicholas Reynolds.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence Vol. 67, No. 1, March 2023

A Faithful Spy:  The life and times of an MI6 and MI5 officer by Jimmy Burns.  Reviewed in The Cipher Brief.  December 5, 2023

Subversion:  The Strategic Weaponization of Narratives by Andreas Krieg.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence. Vol. 68, No. 1, March 2024

Nothing If Not Eventful:  A CIA Memoir by Thomas Ahern.  Reviewed in The Cipher Brief.  March 14, 2024

Cashing Out:  The Flight of Nazi Treasure 1945-1948  by Neill Lochery.  Reviewed in Studies in Intelligence, Vol 68, No. 2, June 2024