Liza Mundy
The Sisterhood
Liza Mundy’s history of the women who transformed CIA operations, analysis, and modern targeting.
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Ric Prado
Black Ops
Ric Prado recounts a career spanning the Cold War, the Bin Laden Task Force, and the CIA’s Special Activities Group.
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Toby Harnden
First Casualty
Toby Harnden tells the story of Team Alpha, Mike Spann, and the first CIA mission sent into Afghanistan after September 11.
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Amaryllis Fox
Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox offers an intimate memoir of clandestine work, family, identity, and the human side of intelligence operations.
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Nada Bakos
The Targeter
Nada Bakos recounts the analytical and targeting work behind the campaign against Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Sonia Purnell
A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell restores Virginia Hall’s extraordinary story of spycraft, resistance, and service during World War II.
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Fred Burton & Samuel M. Katz
Beirut Rules
Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz examine the abduction and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley and the rise of Hezbollah’s war against…
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David Priess
The President’s Book of Secrets
David Priess traces the history of the President’s Daily Brief and the people who have prepared and received it.
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Henry A. Crumpton
The Art of Intelligence
Henry A. Crumpton reflects on clandestine service, counterterrorism, and the responsibilities of intelligence work.
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T. J. Waters
Class 11
T. J. Waters offers a firsthand account of joining the CIA’s first post-9/11 Clandestine Service training class.
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Gary Schroen
First In
Gary Schroen’s first-person account of the CIA team sent into Afghanistan after September 11.
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Robert Baer
See No Evil
Robert Baer’s memoir of CIA field work in the Middle East and the institutional choices that shaped the fight against terrorism.
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