Podcasts about Cold War espionage

The Kremlin has been using freelancers to carry out dirty deeds across Europe with increasing frequency — and those freelancers can be anyone. The strategy is as sinister as it is effective. It's also a law enforcement nightmare. But do our governments have the will to tackle the issue, and the leadership qualities that will be required to fully mobilise resources, and be frank with electorates? ----------Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic council. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project. She is published in a wide range of publications, including Politico, The Times and Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of highly regarded books – including Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World.----------LINKS:https://twitter.com/elisabethbrawhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/https://rusi.org/people/brawhttps://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-brawhttps://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/----------ARTICLES:https://www.politico.eu/article/gig-model-russian-subversion-nightmare-western-intelligence-shopping/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-newshttps://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/----------BOOKS: ‘God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage (2019)The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression (2022)Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024)----------SUMMER FUNDRAISERSNAFO & Silicon Curtain community - Let's help help 5th SAB together https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-silicon-curtain-communityWe are teaming up with NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade to provide 2nd Assault Battalion of 5th SAB with a pickup truck that they need for their missions. With your donation, you're not just sending a truck — you're standing with Ukraine.https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-silicon-curtain-communityWhy NAFO Trucks Matter:Ukrainian soldiers know the immense value of our NAFO trucks and buses. These vehicles are carefully selected, produced between 2010 and 2017, ensuring reliability for harsh frontline terrain. Each truck is capable of driving at least 20,000 km (12,500 miles) without major technical issues, making them a lifeline for soldiers in combat zones.In total we are looking to raise an initial 19 500 EUR in order to buy 1 x NAFO truck 2.0 Who is getting the aid? 5 SAB, 2 Assault Battalion, UAV operators‍.https://www.help99.co/patches/nafo-silicon-curtain-community----------Car for Ukraine has once again joined forces with a group of influencers, creators, and news observers during this summer. Sunshine here serves as a metaphor, the trucks are a sunshine for our warriors to bring them to where they need to be and out from the place they don't.https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-silicon-curtainThis time, we focus on the 6th Detachment of HUR, 93rd Alcatraz, 3rd Assault Brigade, MLRS systems and more. https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-silicon-curtain- bring soldiers to the positions- protect them with armor- deploy troops with drones to the positions----------

We finally arrive at the end of our second chapter as Matt and Patrick decide how to approach the completion of their Finnish objective. As always, everything goes completely off the rails.Recorded on 5/8/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNThe Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00:00:00 Intro00:01:29 Trivia00:09:30 Session01:21:06 Post-session thoughts

We have the gang on deck and dive back into another gonzo session of our Cold War espionage game using Mythras Imperative. Matt's off camera and Art's bad luck with Riverside.fm truly rears its ugly head. And is this the session where the GM's sanity finally breaks?Recorded on 4/10/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNThe Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00:00:00 Intro00:01:02 Trivia00:02:49 R.I.P. Val Kilmer00:04:42 Shooting the breeze about movies00:17:31 Start of Session

Our heroes finally depart for Finland where their tough love approach continues as they delve into the mysterious death of a fallen agent.Recorded on 3/13/25Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNThe Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.comIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00:00:00 Intro00:02:45 Trivia00:05:39 Start of session01:36:17 Fade to black

The long-awaited JFK files have finally been released, and one of the most revealing details isn't what's in them—but what the CIA wanted to keep hidden. Among the redactions in the report, one stands out: “The Israeli Intelligence Service.” Why was this information deemed too sensitive for public eyes, even after all these years? In this episode, I break down my initial reaction to the files, what this redaction could mean, and how it fits into the bigger picture of JFK's assassination, and American politics in general.—https://policecoffee.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACG7qmIkS3X8ivoZzZosZdSRJueTZ&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1um-BhDtARIsABjU5x6X9JVI5Dihvk6wiS1l5Ra9sToZWRHjj-F0vy3owqCssQ1Bpb0eGaQaAsF1EALw_wcB

America is collapsing—at least, that's what history tells us. What if the fall of Rome holds the key to understanding America's future? Could decentralization, crypto, and figures like Elon Musk change the course of history?In this conversation, Max Borders, futurist and author, breaks down the parallels between America and the fall of Rome, why the U.S. government fears decentralized power, and how crypto, DOGE, and Elon Musk's vision could be shaping the next revolution. From Trump's impact on populism to the rise of AI-driven governance, this discussion challenges everything you think you know about the future of America.Guest: Max Borders • Futurists & Author of “The Decentralist” • More from Max: https://underthrow.substack.com/Related Podcast Episodes:▶ Ex-Mercenary Exposes John McAfee Secret → https://youtu.be/WjvD6hmBz-s▶ KGB Spy Exposes Secrets of Evading CIA/FBI and Cold War Espionage → https://youtu.be/QcgawisAPoIChapters:00:00 Intro01:00 Political Power Corruption03:14 Fleeing States Turning Blue13:00 How States Are Using Migrants for Political Gain23:03 America's Collapse27:30 Comparing America to the Roman Empire Collapse43:16 America's Forever Wars46:13 Civil War or Silent Collapse54:56 Rise of the Military Industrial Complex1:02:18 Failure of the EU & Military Defense1:20:56 Comparison to Communism1:34:19 2016 Donal Trump v.s 2024 Donald Trump1:39:23 Trump's Populism and Shifting to Populism1:50:19 Trump Assassination Attempts2:14:40 Who Can be the Lefts Donald Trump2:27:14 Elon Musk & Decentralization 2:33:16 Elons Musk Goal with DOGE2:39:56 Why Elon Switched to Support Trump2:44:20 The Ecosystem of Crypto 2:53:44 The New America in 50 Years2:59:50 Outro#podcast #Decentralization #Crypto #ElonMusk #America #doge #politics #RomanEmpire #reedmorinshow

We finally have a full house after a few months of holiday plans jamming up the rotation. After spending a few moments remembering the late David Lynch, we attempt to return to one of our on-going adventures... The Circus: Cold War Espionage. Matt and Patrick wrap up their interrogations from the last session and decide what to do next. Recorded on 1/23/25 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:26 A moment to remember David Lynch 00:05:23 Trivia 00:07:52 Recap 00:13:22 Start of session 01:17:15: Wrap up

Russia's Shadow Tankers Threaten an Environmental Catastrophe in the Baltic. And now a Maltese-flagged cargo ship filled with 20,000 tonnes of Russian sourced ammonium nitrate in drifting towards the UK coast. This is the same potentially explosive fertiliser that caused a massive explosion in Beirut in 2020, and this ship is carrying 7 times more of this dangerous cargo. Understandably it has been rejected permission to dock by several countries. So, what kind of threats does the Kremlin's shadow fleet pose to the environment as well as the global maritime order? ---------- Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlanric council. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project. She is published in a wide range of publications, including Politico, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German), The Times and The Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of highly regarded books – one of which we are discussing today. Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024) ---------- ROLES & PUBLICATIONS: - Monthly columnist – POLITICO (Feb 2023 – Present) - Advisory Board Member - GALLOS Technologies Limited (Aug 2022 – Present) - Commissioner – UK National Preparedness Commission (Nov 2020 – Present) - Member of the Advisory Group – Centre for Information Resilience (Feb 2021 – Present) - Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute (Oct 2020 – Present) - Columnist – Foreign Policy (Feb 2020 – Present) - Member of the Steering Committee – Aurora Forum (Dec 2019 – Present) - Op-ed contributor – The Times (Dec 2016 – Present) - Non-resident Associate Fellow – European Leadership Network (ELN) (Aug 2017 – Present) - Senior Research Fellow – Royal United Services Institute (Sep 2019 – Oct 2020) - Adjunct Fellow – Centre for European Policy (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019) - Senior Consultant – Control Risks (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018) - Non-resident Senior Fellow – Atlantic Council (Apr 2016 – Jun 2018) ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/elisabethbraw https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/ https://rusi.org/people/braw https://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/ https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/ https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/ https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-braw https://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022 https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-news https://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/ ---------- BOOKS: ‘God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage (2019) The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression (2022) Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024) ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The characters escalate matters to a higher level than maybe anyone expected and get some of the answers they seek. Recorded on 9/12/24 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:40 Trivia 00:04:45 Start of session 01:13:22 Post-session discussion

Patrick and Matt infiltrate GCHQ and pressure their target while discovering someone else might not be who they seem. Gameplay begins at: 11:00 Recorded on 8/29/24 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

We finally get back to our Cold War Espionage adventure and the compromising of Albie Graham. Recorded on 8/1/24 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

BLTN finally gets into our Cold War espionage game proper after the previous session zero took care of character creation. We set up the mission, dress down the head of a rival agency, and wonder how Art's audio got even worse. Recorded on 6/16/24 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:45 Trivia 00:09:30 Session Begins 01:30:03 Wrap-Up

Art finally gets his turn in the official rotation and kicks off the cold war spy adventure he won't shut up about. Matt and Patrick patiently come along for the ride in this session zero where characters are made. Recorded on 5/30/24 Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG The Design Mechanism: thedesignmechanism.com Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:04 Trivia 00:03:44 Getting Started

After the Battle of Culloden, a period of Cold War set in, lasting for the next two decades. The musket and cannon were replaced by espionage, propaganda, and psychological warfare, and the game of golf found itself in the midst of it all. The Hanoverian government, concerned about future Jacobite uprisings, targeted Scotland's first golfing societies due to their close ties to Scottish freemasonry and the Royal Company of Archers. These golfers, including prominent figures like William Saint Clare, James Weems, and John Rattray, were under surveillance. Despite the government's suspicions, the golfers posed little actual threat, but tensions remained high.

Dan and Tom decode SPY HUNT, a 1950 espionage B movie.  And they don't agree on this one. SPY HUNT was based on the book “Panther's Moon” by Victor Canning. It has espionage, a MacGuffin, a train, a dead drop, escaped black panthers, a budding romance, and quite a few interesting characters. Dan and Tom call out some interesting plot points that may have been influenced by earlier movies such as THE LADY VANISHES, THE 39 STEPS, and others.  In addition, you'll find out what a black panther really is.  We're sure you've lost sleep trying to figure that out. Above all, they look at some places where SPY HUNT may have influenced spy movies that followed, including one very interesting piece of dialogue.  How much influence did this movie have on the James Bond franchise? So, if you've seen SPY HUNT, do you agree with Dan or Tom on one? What did you think of this episode, SPY HUNT – 1950 Cold War Espionage Classic Decoded? Overall, if you hadn't seen SPY HUNT did this episode encourage you to watch it? If so, let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you thought of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will be!  We'll give you a shout-out in a future episode! You can check out all of our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. Check out our YouTube channel as well. Webpage: https://bit.ly/3JMn8OO

After the Cold War, globalization accelerated at breakneck speed. Manufacturing, transport, and consumption defied national borders, companies made more money, and consumers had access to an ever-increasing range of goods. But in recent years, a profound shift has begun to take place. Business executives and politicians alike are realising that globalization is no longer working. Supply chains are imperilled, Russia has been expelled from the global economy after its invasion of Ukraine, and China is using these fissures to leverage a strategic advantage. Given these pressures, what will the future of our world economy look like? ---------- Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlanric council. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project. She is published in a wide range of publications, including Politico, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German), The Times and The Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of highly regarded books – one of which we are discussing today. Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024) ---------- ROLES & PUBLICATIONS: - Monthly columnist – POLITICO (Feb 2023 – Present) - Advisory Board Member - GALLOS Technologies Limited (Aug 2022 – Present) - Commissioner – UK National Preparedness Commission (Nov 2020 – Present) - Member of the Advisory Group – Centre for Information Resilience (Feb 2021 – Present) - Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute (Oct 2020 – Present) - Columnist – Foreign Policy (Feb 2020 – Present) - Member of the Steering Committee – Aurora Forum (Dec 2019 – Present) - Op-ed contributor – The Times (Dec 2016 – Present) - Non-resident Associate Fellow – European Leadership Network (ELN) (Aug 2017 – Present) - Senior Research Fellow – Royal United Services Institute (Sep 2019 – Oct 2020) - Adjunct Fellow – Centre for European Policy (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019) - Senior Consultant – Control Risks (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018) - Non-resident Senior Fellow – Atlantic Council (Apr 2016 – Jun 2018) ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/elisabethbraw https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/ https://rusi.org/people/braw https://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/ https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/ https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/ https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-braw https://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022 https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-news https://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/ ---------- BOOKS: ‘God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage (2019) The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression (2022) Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024) ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

We are at risk of losing the information war. The widespread normalisation of disinformation as a political tool is accelerating distrust in democratic institutions and processes. Greyzone warfare is gaining the edge over open, pluralistic societies. Russia and China have also proved adept at weaponizing information for their foreign policy objectives. Governments have held off intervening strongly in the online media sphere, for fear of wrecking classical liberalism, but at what cost? #ElisabethBraw #greyzonewarfare #ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #zelensky #putin #propaganda #war #disinformation #hybridwarfare #foreignpolicy #communism #sovietunion #postsoviet ---------- SPEAKER: Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on defence against emerging national security challenges, such as hybrid and Greyzone threats. She is also a columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project. Elisabeth is also a member of the steering committee of the Aurora Forum, a member of the National Preparedness Commission (UK) and an Associate Fellow at the European Leadership Network. She is often published in a wide range of publications, including Politico, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German), The Times and The Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of two highly regarded books. - Monthly columnist – POLITICO (Feb 2023 – Present) - Advisory Board Member - GALLOS Technologies Limited (Aug 2022 – Present) - Commissioner – UK National Preparedness Commission (Nov 2020 – Present) - Member of the Advisory Group – Centre for Information Resilience (Feb 2021 – Present) - Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute (Oct 2020 – Present) - Columnist – Foreign Policy (Feb 2020 – Present) - Member of the Steering Committee – Aurora Forum (Dec 2019 – Present) - Op-ed contributor – The Times (Dec 2016 – Present) - Non-resident Associate Fellow – European Leadership Network (ELN) (Aug 2017 – Present) - Senior Research Fellow – Royal United Services Institute (Sep 2019 – Oct 2020) - Adjunct Fellow – Centre for European Policy (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019) - Senior Consultant – Control Risks (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018) - Non-resident Senior Fellow – Atlantic Council (Apr 2016 – Jun 2018) ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/elisabethbraw https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/ https://rusi.org/people/braw https://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/ https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/ https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/ https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-braw https://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022 https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-news https://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/ ---------- BOOKS: ‘God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage (2019) The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression (2022) Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024)

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast we speak to the author of the brand new Pen and Sword Book 'Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations – From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain' Andrew Long all about his book and the various facets of Cold War espionage. In the meantime to keep up to date with History with Jackson head to: www.HistorywithJackson.co.ukFollow us on Facebook at: @HistorywithJacksonFollow us on Instagram at: @HistorywithJackson Follow us on Twitter at: @HistorywJacksonFollow us on TikTok at: @HistorywithJacksonThe History with Jackson Podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast we speak to the author of the brand new Pen and Sword Book 'Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations – From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain' Andrew Long all about his book and the various facets of Cold War espionage. In this part II we speak to Andrew about the context of the Cold War Period we have been discussing! In the meantime to keep up to date with History with Jackson head to: www.HistorywithJackson.co.ukFollow us on Facebook at: @HistorywithJacksonFollow us on Instagram at: @HistorywithJacksonFollow us on Twitter at: @HistorywJacksonFollow us on TikTok at: @HistorywithJackson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Readers looking for a quirky Cold War spy story will find much to enjoy in Like Dolphins, the latest spy thriller from Andy Onyx. In the latest installment of his Barbell spy book series, spy author Andy Onyx takes us on a journey through the world of Cold War spy fiction. With a cast of intriguing characters and a plot that delves deep into the world of espionage, this episode is a must-listen for fans of cold war espionage novels. 'Now in Like Dolphins it was to place my existing characters of BREAKSPEAR (Bradley) and KESTREL (Wallace) in the last knockings of the Cold War, right at the end, in a plot like no other. The tag lines “Withnail and Spy” and “ A Cold War Trainspotting” set the scene of late 80s culture, music, style, the end of football hooliganism, the rising rave scene. We're at a critical point in the Cold War with an ailing GDR behind the Wall further de-stabled by reforming winds of Glasnost and Perestroika coming from the senior partner, the USSR. Add to that action in the hedonistic capital of Europe, Amsterdam.' n this episode, we learn that the plot centers around a key football game between Monaco and Dynamo Berlin and that football hooliganism plays a key role in the story. The introduction of ecstasy changes the culture of violence surrounding this subculture and sets the tone for the action to follow. The cast of characters is explored in depth throughout the episode, with each one complementing one another and creating tension when in the other's presence. The protagonist, KESTREL is tasked with rehabilitating BREAKSPEAR, a previous partner who had a psychological issue and was out of action. The dynamic between the two former partners is fascinating to read, and adds an extra layer of intrigue to the story. As Andy Onyx reveals more about the plot but keeping spoilers to himself (this is the way on Spybrary), it becomes clear that loyalty will be tested, and betrayal is a constant risk. Andy Onyx also recommends some must-read books for Cold War spy fiction fans, including "The Outsider" by Frederick Forsyth and "The Fist of God" by the same author. Andy also reveals some of the books on East Germany that he used for researching East Germany. Onyx has also created an eclectic Spotify playlist featuring music relevant to the story. From "Ride On Time" to "Sympathy for the Devil," the music adds another dimension to the storytelling. Overall, Like Dophins is a quirky, intriguing, and informative exploration of Cold War spy fiction. Whether you're a die-hard fan of the spy genre or just looking for something new to read, Like Dolphins is well worth a read. So what are you waiting for? Tune in to the latest episode to find out how the story unfolds.

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The Cold War was a major geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union over predominance over the entire world. Unlike the previous two world wars, the two superpowers could not afford to go directly to war with one another due to the reality of nuclear weapons. As a result, the covert work of spies and secret agents proved to be the main battlefield where the two superpowers would contest each other. Not surprisingly, this period also witnessed the rise of enduring staples of spy fiction - most famously Ian Fleming's fictional spy character James Bond. However, as the common saying goes, the truth is often more fascinating than fiction. Many of the true stories of covert operations and spies are covered in Andrew Long's Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain (Pen and Sword History, 2022). Andrew Long is a British military history researcher and author. His fascination with the Cold War began with a trip to West Berlin in 1986, traveling through Checkpoint Charlie to visit the East. Andrew's writing comes from a desire to make sense of an extremely complex period in modern history, weaving together inter-relating stories involving politics, ideologies, personalities, technological advances, and geography. There is still much to be told on this fascinating subject. After a successful career in marketing, Andrew relocated to Cornwall and took up writing full time. Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Analysis, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

Today we will cover a few recent works that have come to my attention relating to Cold War Vatican espionage, the Vatican and the CIA, the Jesuits and universities as well as the long term plans for Orthodoxy in terms of geopolitics and the coming attempt at an ecumenist union. We will also look at how Marian "apparitions" played into various Cold War PsyOps. This is a free half of a paid lecture and the second half can be found on my website members section or on my R0kfin.

Andrew Long - Secrets of the Cold War: Espionage and Intelligence Operations - From Both Sides of the Iron Curtain...with TRE's Ger Sweeney

The Yacht Club Show proudly presents a conversation with Benjamin Cunningham, Author of The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War’s Last Honest Man From Kirkus review: “Vivid, sprawling…engrossing, well-written tale from the waning days of Cold War Espionage”

۳۰ –«ظهور تزار نو قسمت پنجم (آخر): «عملیات انرژی» منابع این پرونده: Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by: Catherine Belton Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. Trahair Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century by Kate C. Langdon, Vladimir Tismaneanu متن و روایت: عباس سیدین تدوین: زینب پناهی   Title Score: “Order” by ComaStudio Episode Score: "Crime Background Music" by Scott Holmes Music License: CC BY 4.0 Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/crime-background-music-micro-scores-1 Ad music and sound effect from https://www.zapsplat.com

۲۹ –«ظهور تزار نو قسمت چهارم: «سیلوویکی» منابع این پرونده: Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by: Catherine Belton Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. Trahair Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century by Kate C. Langdon, Vladimir Tismaneanu متن و روایت: عباس سیدین تدوین: زینب پناهی اسپانسر: پلتفرم فراارسال روناد وب‌سایت و اینستاگرام   Title Score: “Order” by ComaStudio Episode Score: "Crime Background Music" by Scott Holmes Music License: CC BY 4.0 Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/crime-background-music-micro-scores-1 Ad music and sound effect from https://www.zapsplat.com

۲۸ –«ظهور تزار نو قسمت سوم: «کاندیدای تصادفی» منابع این پرونده: Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by: Catherine Belton Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. Trahair Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century by Kate C. Langdon, Vladimir Tismaneanu متن و روایت: عباس سیدین تدوین: زینب پناهی اینستاگرام پرسه اینستاگرام بانک گیسو Title Score: “Order” by ComaStudio Episode Score: "Crime Background Music" by Scott Holmes Music License: CC BY 4.0 Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/crime-background-music-micro-scores-1 Ad music and sound effect from https://www.zapsplat.com

۲۷ –«ظهور تزار نو قسمت دوم: گرگ‌های جوان» منابع این پرونده: Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by: Catherine Belton Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. Trahair Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century by Kate C. Langdon, Vladimir Tismaneanu متن و روایت: عباس سیدین تدوین: زینب پناهی اینستاگرام پرسه اینستاگرام بانک گیسو Title Score: “Order” by ComaStudio Episode Score: "Crime Background Music" by Scott Holmes Music License: CC BY 4.0 Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/crime-background-music-micro-scores-1 Ad music and sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

۲۶ –«ظهور تزار نو قسمت اول: عملیات شعاع آفتاب» منابع این پرونده: Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by: Catherine Belton Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. Trahair Putin's Totalitarian Democracy: Ideology, Myth, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century by Kate C. Langdon, Vladimir Tismaneanu اینستاگرام پرسه اینستاگرام بانک گیسو Title Score: “Order” by ComaStudio Episode Score: "Crime Background Music" by Scott Holmes Music License: CC BY 4.0 Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/crime-background-music-micro-scores-1 Ad music and sound effect from https://www.zapsplat.com

It's been suggested that Russia has tried to infiltrate Germany in particular because of its role at the centre of Europe and because of its ties to Moscow. A former agents is here to tell us if we're witnessing a return to the Cold War ways of spying.

To outsiders, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg seemed like a typical, if not downright boring, American couple. But then the U.S. government got a tip that the parents of two young boys had provided top-secret information about the nation's efforts to develop the first atomic weapon. Soon, the couple would face trial in one of the highest-profile espionage cases in the country's history. "Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from the Obsessed Network exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @centuriespod Episode Sponsors: Best Fiends: Download the 5 star-rated puzzle game FREE today on the App Store or Google Play. Feals: Premium CBD to feel your best. Go to feals.com/cotc to get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. ThredUp: The world's largest online thrift store! Save 30% off your first order at www.thredup.com/COTC Imperfect Foods: Sustainable, affordable groceries! Go to www.imperfectfoods.com and use promo code COTC to get 20% off your first four orders! 

The Physics World team takes a walk on the cold side in this week’s podcast

Humphrey Hawksley's work as a BBC foreign correspondent has taken him to crises on every continent. He been expelled from Sri Lanka, had death threats from several extreme regimes and traced Graham Greene’s footsteps in Sierra Leone . His passion for borders has influenced his writing with the Cold War and espionage prominent themes in his popular thrillers. On this episode we talk war zones, politics, the EU, Trump, guns, Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the pain of accidently tipping a well-known country music star on the streets of Nashville.   On this episode we cover:   Victorian Grandeur at The National Liberal Club, founded by William Gladstone The UKIP leader with his mistress who darkened the Liberal Club’s door Paddy Ashdown, Charles Kennedy, Menzies Campbell The worldwide locations for his books - Man On Ice and Man on Edge His first BBC assignment to Sri Lanka His first exclusion from a country The Tamil population initially being repressed by the government Then turning into ‘the most brutal terrorist group in the world’ The dire situation in Hong Kong Being at a turning point in world politics The rise of the far right As a journalist he likes a good story 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall The cycle has turned – a generation forgetting what has happened before it The EU being incremental in preventing war Japan versus South Korea Brexit not being unique around the world The post 9/11 war on terror If he wasn’t a journalist he would be worried! The current movement not having a Blowin’ in the Wind yet John Simpson thinking the threat of Russia is overestimated The power of online meddling Could the third world war be online? Russia wanting to re-create a significant zone of influence Political changes after the Tiananmen Square massacre and fall of the Berlin wall The Orwellian rise of Russian and Chinese enemies Death threats on answer machines in Sri Lanka Death threats by phone in the Philippines The BBC being wrongly accused of paying insurgents to blow people up The British Embassy versus the American Embassy Whether he’s been afraid in war zones Lisa’s Nan giving birth during an air raid on the Wirral More shootings and bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan Being confused about what people want to achieve The West not planning what would happen next after Saddam and Gaddafi Questioning the West’s reaction Tracing Graham Greene’s steps in Sierra Leone The bleakness of the US/Russian border where two super powers meet Little Diomedes and Big Diomedes Roman Abramovich being governor of Chukotka Writing thrillers based on borders Cold being cold – whether you have the right clothes or not Hair freezing competitions in Canada Trump’s wall in Colorado The plan to build a tunnel or a bridge from Alaska to Russia Greta Thunberg speaking to the whole world and being listened to Should we off-set our travel miles Addis Ababa being special – or are we just off our heads due to altitude Dervla Murphy and how both Lisa and Humphrey are big fans How eco-travel is out of reach for your average family holiday How travel changes with young children Dog sledding to see the Northern Lights Walking the Pacific Crest Trail – Mexico Border to US/Canada border Struggling with ‘walking on the underclass’ in places like India Trump, guns and healthcare in the USA Doing the music trail in Mississippi Johnny Cash songs on Nashville’s famous strip 10,000 people in 10,000 garages writing songs How great art, culture and music springs from times of conflict Hitching hiking through Thailand in 1974 A Whiter Shade of Pale wafting through the night skies over rice paddies  

Ever wondered what's inside of Area 51? That's easy it's where the government tests experimental aircraft mostly for reconnaissance purposes. But why does every body think there's aliens there? Well its a much longer story, complete with open pits full of burning Barium, the country running out of bug spray and Greek "Civilians" "Driving" A "Weather Research Aircraft"

We talk with Vince Houghton – Curator of the International Spy Museum who has just written a new book called “Nuking the Moon & Other Intelligence Schemes & Military Plots left on the Drawing Board"If you’d to send us a few quid to help me run the podcast click here. Thankyou so much to our latest SupportersLeaving reviews on Itunes also helps so thanks to our latest reviewers Cheeses Word 101, Martini Glass Bob, Zach 1998!, GM0WDD, Balint Kaman, Trilbyhat, Skjip1969, Peteyinmontreal, GDR ObjectifiedSo back to today’s episode, do listen to the end as we talk Cold War Espionage whilst Vince answers my “Quick Fire” questions. We welcome Vince Houghton to our Cold War ConversationSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod)

Throughout the Cold War, both the Soviet Union and the United States used espionage extensively to gather information about the opposing side. To do this, they often relied on individual operatives to provide the information that technology often couldn’t. This episode will focus on one lesser-known Eastern European operative named Ryszard Kukliński, an officer in the Polish Army and a spy for American intelligence. We’ll discuss how Kukliński joined the army and his swift rise through the ranks. We’ll try to understand why he became disillusioned with the army and decided to work with American intelligence. Towards the end of the episode, we explore how his fascinating story can help us to better understand the nature of Cold War espionage. Like our show? Sign up for our newsletter! Time stamps [02:46] Kukliński’s early years [06:00] What made Kukliński decide to work with the CIA? [09:50] How did he communicate with the Americans? [12:15] A few of the close calls Kukliński experienced [13:20] The end of his mission and the exfiltration [17:30] Putting Kukliński’s mission into the wider context of the Cold War [22:40] What happened to Kukliński after the fall of communism in Poland?   Further reading Kukliński: How the CIA’s Best-Placed Cold War Spy Escaped the Eastern Bloc / on Culture.pl CIA – The Villification and Vindication of Colonel Kukliński / on CIA.gov Jack Strong – the movie by Władysław Pasikowski / on Culture.pl Colonel Kuklinski’s obituary / on New York Times He Betrayed His State, But Not His Nation? / on Visegrad/Insight David Hoffman’s official website and books / on davidhoffman.com A Secret Life: The Polish Colonel, His Covert Mission, And The Price He Paid To Save His Country (EN) / by Benjamin Weiser Ryszard Kukliński Życie ściśle tajne (PL) / by Benjamin Weiser The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (US edition) / by David E. Hoffman The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (UK edition) / by David E. Hoffman Thanks Benjamin Weiser / for kindly explaining all the details of Kuklinski’s mission to us. Benjamin Weiser is a reporter covering the Manhattan federal courts for New York Times. Before joining The Times in 1997, he worked for 18 years at The Washington Post. There he received the George Polk Award and the Livingston Award. David E. Hoffman / for providing us with an outsider’s perspective and putting Kukliński’s deeds into a wider context. David E. Hoffman is an American writer and journalist for The Washington Post and the PBS flagship investigative television series, FRONTLINE. He won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for his book The Dead Hand about the legacy of the Cold War arms race.   SFTEW Team: Wojciech Oleksiak, Adam Zulawski, John Beauchamp, Nitzan Reisner & Michael Keller

At the height of the Cold War, a seemingly unassuming Soviet electronics engineer reached out to several Americans he encountered in Moscow and offered his services. While he was initially ignored, the engineer, Adolf Tolkachev was eventually accepted by the CIA's Moscow station as a volunteer spy for the United States. Over a number of years, and under the nose of the ever-watchful KGB, Tolkachev passed on highly classified information about Soviet military technology to U.S. intelligence operatives. The documents he shared were of immense strategic value at a time when tensions between the two superpowers were at their peak.

David E. Hoffman‘s The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a superb interview conducted with the author at The International Spy Museum. The story immediately captivated my attention and I realized this would be a perfect book to feature on New Books in National Security. I was not disappointed; Mr. Hoffman is as captivating a speaker as he is a writer, capable of weaving together immaculately recreated historical threads. The book is as compelling as it is revealing, delving deep into what Hoffman calls the “sweaty” reality of the intelligence battles fought behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive interviews, declassified CIA cables, and personal experience walking the very streets of Moscow where his subjects lived and died, Hoffman offers an impressive standard for future storytelling on the realities of spycraft. The Billion Dollar Spy is among the most fascinating and thrilling reads I have enjoyed in recent memory, and I highly recommend it to anyone at all interested in the Cold War or espionage writ large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David E. Hoffman‘s The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a superb interview conducted with the author at The International Spy Museum. The story immediately captivated my attention and I realized this would be a perfect book to feature on New Books in National Security. I was not disappointed; Mr. Hoffman is as captivating a speaker as he is a writer, capable of weaving together immaculately recreated historical threads. The book is as compelling as it is revealing, delving deep into what Hoffman calls the “sweaty” reality of the intelligence battles fought behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive interviews, declassified CIA cables, and personal experience walking the very streets of Moscow where his subjects lived and died, Hoffman offers an impressive standard for future storytelling on the realities of spycraft. The Billion Dollar Spy is among the most fascinating and thrilling reads I have enjoyed in recent memory, and I highly recommend it to anyone at all interested in the Cold War or espionage writ large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David E. Hoffman‘s The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a superb interview conducted with the author at The International Spy Museum. The story immediately captivated my attention and I realized this would be a perfect book to feature on New Books in National Security. I was not disappointed; Mr. Hoffman is as captivating a speaker as he is a writer, capable of weaving together immaculately recreated historical threads. The book is as compelling as it is revealing, delving deep into what Hoffman calls the “sweaty” reality of the intelligence battles fought behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive interviews, declassified CIA cables, and personal experience walking the very streets of Moscow where his subjects lived and died, Hoffman offers an impressive standard for future storytelling on the realities of spycraft. The Billion Dollar Spy is among the most fascinating and thrilling reads I have enjoyed in recent memory, and I highly recommend it to anyone at all interested in the Cold War or espionage writ large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David E. Hoffman‘s The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a superb interview conducted with the author at The International Spy Museum. The story immediately captivated my attention and I realized this would be a... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David E. Hoffman‘s The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a superb interview conducted with the author at The International Spy Museum. The story immediately captivated my attention and I realized this would be a perfect book to feature on New Books in National Security. I was not disappointed; Mr. Hoffman is as captivating a speaker as he is a writer, capable of weaving together immaculately recreated historical threads. The book is as compelling as it is revealing, delving deep into what Hoffman calls the “sweaty” reality of the intelligence battles fought behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive interviews, declassified CIA cables, and personal experience walking the very streets of Moscow where his subjects lived and died, Hoffman offers an impressive standard for future storytelling on the realities of spycraft. The Billion Dollar Spy is among the most fascinating and thrilling reads I have enjoyed in recent memory, and I highly recommend it to anyone at all interested in the Cold War or espionage writ large. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices