Titles reviewed in March 2025 edition of IO Bookshelf
The federal Bureau of Investigation Before Hoover:
Volume II, the fBI and American Neutrality, 1914–1917
By Heribert von Feilitzsch and Charles H. Harris III (Henselstone Verlag, 2024) 436 pages.
The Hidden Cost of Freedom: The Untold Story of the CIA’s Secret Funding System, 1941–1962 By Brad L. Fisher (University Press of Kansas, 2024) 341 pages.
Policing Show Business: J. Edgar Hoover, the Hollywood Blacklist, and Cold War Movies By Francis MacDonnell (University Press of Kansas, 2024) 308 pages.
Soviet and Nazi Defectors: Counter-Intelligence in WW2, The Cold War By Nigel West (Frontline Books, 2024) 264 pages.
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence: A Concise History By Steven R. Ward (Georgetown University Press, 2024) 197 pages.
Pakistan’s ISI: A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate By Julian Richards (Georgetown University Press, 2024) 185 pages.
Roots of Counterterrorism: Contemporary Wisdom from Dutch Intelligence By Constant Willem Hijzen (Oxford University Press, 2024) 399 pages.