Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Great Heist
The Great Heist: China's Epic Campaign to Steal America's Secrets
- Author
- David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger
- Published
- 2025
- Pages
- 368
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Two former US intelligence officials on the scale of Chinese industrial and military technology theft, and what it saved Beijing in R&D.
Shedd is a former acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; Badger a former DIA case officer. HarperCollins, December 2025.
Where I saw it: Dennis Wilder (@dennisw5) on X, December 2, 2025, on the authors’ credentials and the book’s scope.
Connections
- China
- Industrial Policy — technology acquisition as state strategy.
- Technological Innovation — the cost side of an open research system.