[August 27, 2026] You’ll be happy to hear there’s a new revision of one of the military reading lists available! Tom Copeland, once again has done the leg work necessary to bring the best books to your attention. Here is his latest effort with the CIA, and definitely worth your time.
The Craft of Intelligence: America’s Legendary Spy Master on the Fundamentals of Intelligence Gathering for a Free World by Allen W. Dulles View on Amazon.com
Intelligence: From Secrets To Policy by Lowenthal M View on Amazon.com
The American Agent: My Life in the CIA by Richard L. Holm View on Amazon.com
The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Final Showdown with the KGB by Milton Bearden View on Amazon.com
Inside the CIA: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency by Ronald Kessler View on Amazon.com
Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton and Henry R. Schlesinger View on Amazon.com
Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado View on Amazon.com
The Very Best Men by Evan Thomas View on Amazon.com
Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story by Jack Devine and Vernon Loeb View on Amazon.com
A Life of Service, Sacrifice, & Secrets by LaRee Harding View on Amazon.com
Agency: The Rise and Decline of the CIA by John Ranelagh View on Amazon.com
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy View on Amazon.com
From the Shadows by Robert M. Gates View on Amazon.com
Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning by Cynthia M. Grabo View on Amazon.com
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll View on Amazon.com
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter View on Amazon.com
The Kneeling Man: My Father’s Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by Leta McCollough Seletzky View on Amazon.com
Spying Through a Glass Darkly: The Ethics of Espionage and Counter-Intelligence by Cécile Fabre View on Amazon.com
The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics by Ben Buchanan View on Amazon.com
In True Face: A Woman’s Life in the CIA, Unmasked by Jonna Mendez View on Amazon.com
Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History by Aki J. Peritz View on Amazon.com
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield View on Amazon.com
The Spy Who Saved the World: How a Soviet Colonel Changed the Course of the Cold War by Jerrold L. Schecter View on Amazon.co
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage by Nathalia Holt View on Amazon.com
CIA Spymaster: George Kisevalter: The Agency’s Top Case Officer Who Handled Penkovsky And Popov by Clarence Ashley View on Amazon.com
The Book of Honor : The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives by Ted Gup View on Amazon.com
Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSS by Elizabeth P. McIntosh View on Amazon.com
First In: An Insider’s Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan by Gary Schroen View on Amazon.com
The Widow Spy by Martha D Peterson View on Amazon.com
The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA by Joby Warrick View on Amazon.com
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War by Thomas B. Allen View on Amazon.com
Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War by Michael J. Sulick View on Amazon.com
China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia by James R. Lilley View on Amazon.com
The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez View on Amazon.com
Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America’s Greatest Female Spy by Judith Pearson View on Amazon.com
Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA by John Prados View on Amazon.com
Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Estate of Sandra V. Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille View on Amazon.com
A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country by Benjamin Weiser View on Amazon.com
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton View on Amazon.com
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying by James M Olson View on Amazon.com
All, highly recommended.
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Impressive list. Thanks to Tom Copeland,