The Fourth Intelligence Revolution
The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America
by Anthony Vinci
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Pub Date Oct 28 2025 | Archive Date Nov 28 2025
Henry Holt & Company | Henry Holt and Co.
Description
A former senior intelligence officer reveals how our espionage practices are being transformed by a new global intelligence conflict, driven by AI and competition with China, and how ordinary Americans can play their part in defending our way of life.
The new global intelligence competition has brought espionage into our workplaces and our living rooms. Adversaries like China, Iran, and Russia have realized that everyday people are targets because we work at companies that supply our industrial base or vote for our leaders. As a result, they target all of us – stealing our financial data and medical records, eavesdropping on our conversations, and using platforms like TikTok and Hollywood movies to influence our opinions and votes.
The Fourth Intelligence Revolution reveals how the swashbuckling adventures of World War II, the spy-versus-spy confrontations of the Cold War, and the “find-fix-and-finish” counterterrorism missions after 9/11 have given way to the most dangerous period of espionage yet. This eye-opening account exposes how intelligence now permeates every corner of society, from economic espionage and biological intelligence to information operations targeting children through online education - even extending to reconnaissance on the far side of the moon. At the same time, it reveals how AI and autonomous technologies are revolutionizing the field, driving us toward a future where most intelligence will be created by machines, for machines.
The Fourth Intelligence Revolution serves as both a warning and a call to action, highlighting the dangers of these emerging threats and the risks of mismanaging this revolution. Yet it also offers hope, demonstrating how we can seize this pivotal moment to reinvent espionage in a way that is more ethical, transparent and democratized. In its boldest argument, the book suggests that we are all, in essence, becoming intelligence officers and that citizens have both the power and responsibility to reclaim intelligence missions to safeguard and strengthen our democracy.
Advance Praise
"From spy satellites to social media, technology is transforming spycraft--and empowering our adversaries. The Fourth Intelligence Revolution shows that America's intelligence agencies risk falling behind this wave of technological change. With a career spanning tech companies and the intelligence community, Anthony Vinci knows the peril we face as adversaries use AI to sift and analyze enormous quantities of our data. Our only hope is to be faster and smarter. The Fourth Intelligence Revolution explains how we can compete."
—Chris Miller, author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
"In this compelling book, Anthony Vinci explains the evolution of intelligence as a pillar of U.S. national security, describes an increasingly dangerous future, and identifies what we all must do to protect our nation and our way of life. The Fourth Intelligence Revolution should be read, discussed, and, most importantly, heeded."
—H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty, Battlegrounds, and At War with Ourselves
"Anthony Vinci takes us into the new world of espionage, where satellites and drones and ubiquitous surveillance devices form the eerie background—but where the abiding rule of the spy game remains simply: 'Ye shall know the truth.' Vinci has been on the front lines of this new intelligence war, and he gives readers a rare inside look."
—David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Phantom Orbit
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781250370907 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
