Richard A. Clarke Books in Order

Drawing on decades in national security, Richard Clarke examines America’s struggle against al-Qaeda and the decisions preceding September 11. His account questions how successive administrations assessed terrorism and why warnings failed to produce an effective response.

After a bombing in Bahrain, British intelligence officer Brian Douglas investigates competing agendas in a transformed Middle East. With Saudi rulers overthrown and a nuclear-armed Iran dominating Iraq, shifting alliances threaten to draw the region into another war.

Coordinated attacks begin destroying the technological networks connecting the world, targeting satellites, communications cables, computer grids, and biotechnology companies. An investigative team searches among extremists, criminals, and hostile states as the escalating destruction threatens to push society beyond recovery.

Richard Clarke examines recurring failures in American national security, from terrorism and the Iraq War to Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on his government career, he identifies institutional patterns behind these disasters and argues for changes that could prevent their repetition.

Richard Clarke and Robert Knake examine how digital attacks threaten national security, infrastructure, and ordinary citizens. Explaining the capabilities of hackers, spies, and military forces, they explore vulnerabilities in connected systems and propose ways to prepare for cyber conflict.

American officials select drone targets while pilots and intelligence teams execute their decisions from a Nevada airbase. In the regions under attack, an adversary prepares retaliation against the people operating the weapons, bringing distant warfare dangerously close to home.

Five murders across three continents expose the black-market sale of nuclear weapons shortly before an American presidential election. Intelligence expert Ray Bowman joins Israeli and South African operatives to locate the bombs and uncover a plan more destructive than Washington anticipates.

Why are experts who correctly foresee disasters so often ignored? Richard Clarke and R. P. Eddy investigate warnings preceding catastrophes and propose a method for distinguishing credible forecasts from alarmism, then examine emerging threats that remain insufficiently addressed.

Richard Clarke and Robert Knake explore how governments, businesses, and individuals can withstand cyberattacks. Drawing on security practitioners and real incidents, they argue for resilient systems that protect privacy, democracy, and economic activity while reducing the risks of escalating digital conflict.

Chinese detective Wei Bao discovers a global conspiracy embedded in surveillance and computer systems that track billions of people. Pursued by technology more powerful than his own creation, he races to identify an impending disaster and the people planning it.