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Paul Vidich’s Moscow: Get Off the ‘X’

The Poet's Game

Paul Vidich’s Moscow: Get Off the ‘X’

BOOK REVIEW: The Poet’s Game: A Spy in MoscowBy Paul Vidich / Pegasus BooksReviewed by: Kenneth DeklevaThe Reviewer — The Reviewer - Dr. Kenneth [...] More

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Covert Action, Mental Health, And A Cold War Legend: The Story Of Frank Wisner

The Determined Spy

Covert Action, Mental Health, And A Cold War Legend: The Story Of Frank Wisner

BOOK REVIEW: THE DETERMINED SPY: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank WisnerBy: Douglas Waller/DuttonReviewed by: Michael SulickThe [...] More

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From Spy Master to Story Teller

The Traitor's Tale

From Spy Master to Story Teller

BOOK REVIEW: The Traitor’s Tale: A Novel of Treachery Within the CIABy James C. Lawler / BookBabyReviewed by: Joseph AugustynThe Reviewer — Joseph [...] More

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Making Russian Revanchism Add Up

Zero Sum

Making Russian Revanchism Add Up

BOOK REVIEW: ZERO SUM: The Arc of International Business in RussiaBy Charles Hecker / Oxford University PressReviewed by: Nick FishwickThe Reviewer — [...] More

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25 Books To Help You Chart Your Personal Course

The Admiral's Bookshelf

25 Books To Help You Chart Your Personal Course

BOOK REVIEW: THE ADMIRAL’S BOOKSHELFBy Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.) / U.S. Naval Institute Press Reviewed by: James Lawler The Reviewer: [...] More

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Bill Rapp’s Vietnam: A Different Kind of Cold War

Assignment Saigon

Bill Rapp’s Vietnam: A Different Kind of Cold War

BOOK REVIEW: Assignment In Saigon: A Cold War ThrillerBy Bill Rapp/Coffeetown PressReviewed by Kenneth DeklevaThe Reviewer - Dr. Kenneth Dekleva [...] More

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A CIA Wife’s Tale of Slipping KGB Tails, and Other Stories from the Cold

Story of a CIA Wife

A CIA Wife’s Tale of Slipping KGB Tails, and Other Stories from the Cold

BOOK REVIEW: STORY OF A CIA WIFE: MARRIED TO THE CRAFT By Rosie Mowatt-Larssen /BookBabyReviewed by: Elaine ShannonThe Reviewer — Elaine Shannon [...] More

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Gray vs Gray Leads to Midnight Black

Midnight Black

Gray vs Gray Leads to Midnight Black

BOOK REVIEW: MIDNIGHT BLACKBy: Mark Greaney /BerkleyReviewed by: Jay and Anne GrunerThe Reviewers — Jay Gruner served as CIA Station Chief in four [...] More

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Chasing Shadows in the World of Mercenary Spyware

BOOK REVIEW: Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracyby Ronald J. Deibert. / Simon & Schuster Canada [...] More

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What Does a CIA Analyst Really Do?

The CIA Intelligence Analyst

What Does a CIA Analyst Really Do?

BOOK REVIEW: The CIA Intelligence Analyst: Views from the InsideBy Roger Z. George and Robert Levine (editors and contributors) / Georgetown [...] More

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The Madness of Courage or the Courage of Madness?

Madness of Courage

The Madness of Courage or the Courage of Madness?

BOOK REVIEW: The Madness of Courage: The exceptional achievements of Gilbert Insall.By: Tony InsallReviewed by: Tim Willasey-WilseyThe Reviewer — Tim [...] More

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China’s Long Road from the Long 1970s

The Great Transformation

China’s Long Road from the Long 1970s

BOOK REVIEW: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION: China’s Road from Revolution to ReformBy: Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian /Yale University PressReviewed by: [...] More

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Telling It Like It Is

Professional Courage

Telling It Like It Is

BOOK REVIEW: PROFESSIONAL COURAGE: My Journey in Military Intelligence Through Peace, Crisis, and WarBy: Major General Jack Leide, US Army [...] More

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