"The Afghanistan File" is a fascinating memoir from a former head of Saudi intelligence, offering important insights into some of the most important events in the last forty years.
“The Afghanistan File” (2021) by Prince Turki al Faisal Al Saud
Playlist - Film, Book, and Website Reviews
Forgotten Weapons – One of the Finest Sources Online for Weapon Historians
Hosted by Ian McCollum, Forgotten Weapons started as an online blog and website which concentrated on some of the more obscure firearms that have been created. Videos tend to be between five and fifteen minutes long, though sometimes longer if dealing more fully with a subject, such as a whole weapon development program or a particularly interesting or historically important item.
“Intelligence and Espionage: Secrets and Spies,” (2019) by Drs. Daniel Lomas and Christopher Murphy
A book aimed as an introduction to Intelligence History for university students, Intelligence and Espionage: Secrets and Spies is understandably a thorough study of the subject. While it purports to provide only an introduction to the subject, the authors have written an excellent piece of work that provides great balance between high end academia and readability – two items that are quite often mutually exclusive.
“The Lion’s Gate; On the Front Lines of the Six Day War” (2014) by Steven Pressfield
Dealing with a subject that has had copious coverage – the astounding victory of the Israeli Defence Force over numerically superior Arab armies in the “Six-Day War” of 1967 – Pressfield adopts an unusual methodology in writing The Lions Gate, which he admits to immediately in the prologue.
“War Is a Racket” (1935) by Maj.Gen. Smedley Butler
Written by one of America’s most decorated soldiers, “War Is a Racket” warns of what became known of as the “Industrial-Military Complex”.
