Michael Burleigh

Lethal Intelligence

Directorate S: The CIA and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001–2016

By Steve Coll

Patrick Hennessey

Not As Good As You Think

The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006–2008

By Thomas E Ricks

Michael Burleigh

Shades of Grey

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

By Ron Suskind

Caroline Moorehead

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Standard Operating Procedure: A War Story

By Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris

Michael Burleigh

War Without End?

Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

By Ahmed Rashid

Douglas Murray

Arms and the Woman

The Terror Dream: What 9/11 Revealed About America

By Susan Faludi

Michael Evans

Spies Like Us

Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror

By Matthew M Aid

Conor Gearty

In the Chains of Command

The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay

By Jess Bravin

The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantanamo

By Ahmed Errachidi with Gillian Slovo