By: Bob de Graaff | Rating: 4/5Yes, the Netherlands had its own CIA. Spies and everything. But with about 1% of the necessary budget, and you get a typically Dutch version of it. Always underfunded, more lucky than competent, the IDB was never going to be a great success. This book gives a fascinating insight into...

On this day eight years ago, apparently I was enjoying a holiday in Ireland. This looks like somewhere in the Dingle harbour area.

You know those days? This is one of those. A full day prompt training. Probably nothing about sql queries or basic logic.

My airsoft team decided to get a logo patch.

By: Cory Doctorow | Rating: 5/5Cory has the amazing ability to say things in a way they completely resonate. His view on the current hype cycle and how it links to the thinking patterns of Big tech managers make a lot of sense. If only more decision makers could see beyond “oh, look, shiny” and dig a little deeper,...

By: Louis A. DiMarco | Rating: 2/5Two chapters are relevant, but incredibly thin on theory. The rest is a fairly well written overview of a number of urban operations scenarios, clearly chosen to stress the authors' point, whatever it may be. The whole thing has a sizable US slant. So yes. We have more cities, so...

By: Martijn Kitzen, Tim Sweijs | Rating: 1/5Sadly disappointing. Authors spend a lot of time vaguely skimming over the changing patterns of war and then vaguely make a point of that we don't know what the next war is going to be. Sad. Avoid.

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky | Rating: 2/5Where the first part was breathtaking in its scope and scale, this one feels almost claustrophobic. It took me a lot of energy to finish. It seems a rehash of the most uninteresting sections of the first book. I hope number three is better as this one is making me consider...

By: Dimko Zhluktenko | Rating: 3/5His personal tale of what he did when the Russians invaded. Very inspiring, sadly a bit short. It also cuts off before he actually joins the military. Dimko does give a great overview of the operation and reasoning behind his amazing charity. The signed edition was quite expensive,...

By: Rem Korteweg | Rating: 3/5I remember the whole Brexit debacle vividly. So I'm sad to read that sadly, there was no 4d chess going on, but the overflowing piles of hubris, stupidity, lack of strategic foresight and absolute populist nonsense was exactly as we experienced it. The author makes a good effort of...

By: Alexei Navalny | Rating: 5/5This is a very heavy book. Navalny was never going to save Russia from itself. A system built over hundreds of years, you can't take on by yourself in this manner. But at least he tried. The book is written in a very cheerful manner, which is doubly sad as you see him go down the hole...

By: Artem Chapeye | Rating: 5/5A very thoughtful book. The perspective of the philosopher at war, and the choices he needed to make is incredibly valuable. His writing hits very close to home, as he brings up scenarios and choices that led him to volunteer for the Ukrainian army. Highly recommended reading for...