David Priess Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Director of Intelligence @BedrockSaaS | Sr Fellow @MVHaydenCenter; co-host @ThatWasChatter podcast | Former CIA/State | Duke PhD | My books linked below👇
Analyzing Intelligence: National Security Practitioners' Perspectives, Second Edition
Roger Z. GeorgeDavid PriessBooks I read in 2022 (intelligence/natsec/politics, part 1): Why We Fight by @cblatts Analyzing Intelligence ed. by Roger George & James Bruce Intelligence and the State by Jonathan House MBS by @NYTBen Truth to Power, ed. by Robert Hutchings & Gregory Treverton 6/12 https://t.co/nWJZuy8C90
Paperback, 2014
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
Tim MillerDavid PriessI’ve resisted tweeting about @Timodc’s book WHY WE DID IT because, well, I haven’t read it. But I just finished the audiobook version—read masterfully by @BloombergVO—and … WOW. It’s blisteringly honest, blisteringly insightful, and blisteringly funny. Read it—or listen. Now. https://t.co/hYwDWNkPNQ
Hardcover, 2022
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lays of Ancient Rome
Thomas Babington Macaulay MacaulayDavid PriessNow, I need your help. I found this book by Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Lays of Ancient Rome,” published by NYC’s Lovell Brothers & Company—which lacks a publication date. Anyone have insights about this book’s timing? @romanhistory1 @HistoryHitRome @mikeduncan /end https://t.co/cHP8SKtMxA
Hardcover, 2022
$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian
Thomas R. MartinDavid PriessBooks I read in 2022 (history, part 4): Plagues and Their Aftermath by @BrianMJenkins Ancient Rome by Thomas Martin True or False by Cindy Otis A Man of Iron by @troy_senik Terrorism in American Memory by Marita Sturken Misinformation Nation by @PubliusorPerish 5/12 https://t.co/ZGyQ6JZGdB
Paperback, 2013
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents
David PriessDavid PriessWant to know how presidents from FDR through Obama handled highly sensitive classified intelligence? Four former presidents and five former vice presidents joined many others to offer me insights for my book about it all, “The President’s Book of Secrets.”https://t.co/MM2DPLZK7J
Paperback, 2017
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chronoliths
Robert Charles WilsonDavid Priess@RikeFranke I’m often surprised how many people haven’t read Arthur C. Clarke’s CHILDHOOD’S END, which is almost 🎯 For something more recent but still with a classic feel, I suggest Robert Charles Wilson’s THE CHRONOLITHS
Paperback, 2011
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lays of Ancient Rome: and other poems
Thomas Babington MacaulayDavid PriessNow, I need your help. I found this book by Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Lays of Ancient Rome,” published by NYC’s Lovell Brothers & Company—which lacks a publication date. Anyone have insights about this book’s timing? @romanhistory1 @HistoryHitRome @mikeduncan /end https://t.co/cHP8SKtMxA
Paperback, 2019
$30.90$15.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
Carol LeonnigDavid PriessI really enjoyed my deep dive conversation for the Lawfare Podcast on the Secret Service and its challenges with the exceptional @CarolLeonnig. We tackled issues in her recent book “Zero Fail” and much more. Listen here: https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-carol-leonnig-united-states-secret-service-and-what-do-about-it
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland
Troy SenikDavid PriessBooks I read in 2022 (history, part 4): Plagues and Their Aftermath by @BrianMJenkins Ancient Rome by Thomas Martin True or False by Cindy Otis A Man of Iron by @troy_senik Terrorism in American Memory by Marita Sturken Misinformation Nation by @PubliusorPerish 5/12 https://t.co/ZGyQ6JZGdB
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Childhood's End
Arthur C. ClarkeDavid Priess@RikeFranke I’m often surprised how many people haven’t read Arthur C. Clarke’s CHILDHOOD’S END, which is almost 🎯 For something more recent but still with a classic feel, I suggest Robert Charles Wilson’s THE CHRONOLITHS
Paperback, Mass Market, 1987
$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book