Would you believe that RCMP operatives used to spy on Tupperware parties? In the 1950s and ’60s they did. They also monitored high school students, gays and lesbians, trade unionists, left-wing political groups, feminists,...
National security
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Author:Kinsman, Gary, Buse, Dieter K., Steedman, MercedesSummary: -
Author:Jalalzai, Musa Khan, Durrani, AsadSummary:As Western troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the Afghan National Army (A.N.A.), such as it is, has been tasked with securing the country. Yet the A.N.A. arose under foreign tutelage and will remain dependent upon foreign support for...
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Author:Mazzetti, MarkSummary:Presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces into competing covert paramilitary agencies responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts, offering insight into...
- Author:London, DouglasSummary:
A revealing CIA memoir from a 34-year veteran of the agency who worked as a case officer and recruiter of foreign agents before and after 9/11--full of rich details and sharp assessments--providing an invaluable perspective on the state...
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The Pentagon's brain : an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top-secret military research agencyAuthor:Jacobsen, AnnieSummary:In the first-ever history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military R&D agency, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen paints a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain,"...
- Author:Berry, SteveSummary:
The Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and silver, all buried in hidden caches across the United States. Since 1865 treasure...
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Author:Flynn, Stephen E.Summary: - Author:Berry, SteveSummary:
What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice...
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The emergence of COVID-19 has raised urgent and important questions about the role of Canadian intelligence and national security within a global health crisis. Some argue that the effects of COVID-19 on Canada represent an intelligence...
- Author:Thor, BradSummary:
The newest thriller in the #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling series!Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the...
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Author:Paquin, Jonathan, James, PatrickSummary:The events of 9/11 turned North American politics upside down. US policy makers focused less on how they could better integrate the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States and more on security and sovereignty. Although...
- Author:Brown, DaleSummary:
Brad McLanahan and the Space Force must fight to preserve America's freedom when a pair of ruthless enemies forge an unlikely alliance to control not only the earth, but the moon and beyond.
- Author:Maddow, RachelSummary:
Identifying what the author believes to be a battle between the priorities of civilian life and the war, the host of the critically acclaimed The Rachel Maddow show explains that today's focus on national security is actually...
- Author:Dershowitz, Alan, Greenwald, Glenn, Hayden, Michael, Ohanian, Alexis, Snowden, EdwardSummary:
Does government surveillance make us safer? The thirteenth Munk Debate, held in Toronto on Friday, May 2, 2014, pitted Michael Hayden and Alan Dershowitz against Glenn Greenwald and Alexis Ohanian to debate whether state surveillance is...
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In a critical analysis of the profound shift to big data practices among intelligence agencies, Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence highlights the challenges for civil liberties, human rights, and privacy protection.
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Author:Fergusson, James, Furtado, FrancisSummary:For over a decade, Canada’s participation in the war in Afghanistan dominated media headlines, government discussions, academic studies, and the public international security debate. Now that the mission in Afghanistan is over, what...
