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When Journalism Met Totalitarianism: Lessons From Prewar Paris
When Journalism Met Totalitarianism: Lessons From Prewar Paris
BOOK REVIEW: THE TYPEWRITER AND THE GUILLOTINE: AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, A GERMAN SERIAL KILLER, AND [...] More
The Burden of the Bomb
The Burden of the Bomb
BOOK REVIEW: The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the [...] More
The Mossad’s Most Transformational Leader
The Mossad’s Most Transformational Leader
BOOK REVIEW: THE ARCHITECT OF ESPIONAGE: The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad into the World’s Boldest [...] More
Can Iran Ever Become a “Normal Adversary”?
Can Iran Ever Become a “Normal Adversary”?
BOOK REVIEW: ENDURING HOSTILITY: THE MAKING OF AMERICA’S IRAN POLICYBy Dalia Dassa Kaye / Stanford [...] More
The Spy Who Came in Because He Wanted a Divorce
The Spy Who Came in Because He Wanted a Divorce
BOOK REVIEW: The Defector. The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved MI5 and Changed the Cold [...] More
Cold War, Hot Zone: Inside the New Arctic Rivalry
Cold War, Hot Zone: Inside the New Arctic Rivalry
BOOK REVIEW: Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting ArcticBy Kenneth [...] More
The Global Shadow War Behind the Cold War
The Global Shadow War Behind the Cold War
Book Review of Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and EspionageBy Alfred W. [...] More
When Symphony Met Starvation: The Untold Stories of Leningrad's Siege
When Symphony Met Starvation: The Untold Stories of Leningrad's Siege
BOOK REVIEW: Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied HitlerBy Sinclair [...] More
MI6's Secret Weapon: The Belgian Networks That Helped Win Two World Wars
MI6's Secret Weapon: The Belgian Networks That Helped Win Two World Wars
BOOK REVIEW: The White Lady. The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks Behind German [...] More
History's Most Mistrusted Friendship
History's Most Mistrusted Friendship
BOOK REVIEW: Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies: A History of American-Russian RelationsBy David [...] More
Stealing Success: A Hard Look at China's Rise
Stealing Success: A Hard Look at China's Rise
BOOK REVIEW: The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s SecretsBy David R. Shedd and [...] More
The FBI’s Pursuit of Chi Mak and the Challenge of Modern Spycraft
The FBI’s Pursuit of Chi Mak and the Challenge of Modern Spycraft
BOOK REVIEW: Chasing Chi: The FBI’s Groundbreaking Pursuit of China’s Most Prolific Spy Family By [...] More
Want a Security Clearance? Stop Smoking Pot and Read This
Want a Security Clearance? Stop Smoking Pot and Read This
BOOK REVIEW: TRUST ME: A GUIDE TO SECRETS: WHO GETS THEM AND WHY WE HAVE SUCH A MIXED TRACK RECORD [...] More
When the Chekists Took Up the Pen
When the Chekists Took Up the Pen
BOOK REVIEW: KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet UnionBy Filip Kovacevic / [...] More
The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller
The Nazis Never Left. A Worthy Successor to a Classic Thriller
BOOK REVIEW: REVENGE OF ODESSABy Frederick Forsyth with Tony Kent / G.P. Putnam’s SonsReviewed by: [...] More
From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again
From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again
BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save [...] More
A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy
A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy
Book Review: The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism By [...] More
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
Central Europe Survives: A Battlefield of Ideas Still Unfolding Today
BOOK REVIEW: Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an IdeaBy Luka Ivan Jukic [...] More