Aragorn2002 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 One of my greatest fascinations are books on the Cold War period, especially the period from 1945-1960. I have dozens of books on the Venona secrets, McCarthy, Russian infiltration of US government, KGB/GRU spies etc. My question is, are there nowadays still books being published on these subjects? And if so, which ones? I try to follow new publications on Amazon, but it's hard to keep track and I can hardly find any, which probably has more to do with my searching methods, than with the fact that new books aren't written and published. Any relatively new title would be highly appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Double post. Please delete. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Capt Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 9 hours ago, Aragorn2002 said: One of my greatest fascinations are books on the Cold War period, especially the period from 1945-1960. I have dozens of books on the Venona secrets, McCarthy, Russian infiltration of US government, KGB/GRU spies etc. My question is, are there nowadays still books being published on these subjects? And if so, which ones? I try to follow new publications on Amazon, but it's hard to keep track and I can hardly find any, which probably has more to do with my searching methods, than with the fact that new books aren't written and published. Any relatively new title would be highly appreciated. Did you try “political warfare” “active measures” and “subversive warfare” from the era. A guy named Ofir Fridman wrote a really good book call “Russian Hybrid Warfare” which does cover some of that period. Those search terms and Fridman lead to more academic treatments than spy stories, if that is what you are looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 18 hours ago, The_Capt said: Did you try “political warfare” “active measures” and “subversive warfare” from the era. A guy named Ofir Fridman wrote a really good book call “Russian Hybrid Warfare” which does cover some of that period. Those search terms and Fridman lead to more academic treatments than spy stories, if that is what you are looking for. I did find some interesting books, using your search terms, thank you. But I'm more looking for books on espionage in the 1950s, like Blacklisted by History or The Venona Secrets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I'm no expert but there's' a few here which might fit the bill ... Hiss, Chambers, and Spy Mania in the 1950s - Cloak and Dagger: On Espionage and Intelligence Services. Part One (October 2020) - LibGuides at ALA Choice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 1:28 PM, Combatintman said: I'm no expert but there's' a few here which might fit the bill ... Hiss, Chambers, and Spy Mania in the 1950s - Cloak and Dagger: On Espionage and Intelligence Services. Part One (October 2020) - LibGuides at ALA Choice Great list! Most of these books are already in my possesion, but some of them are new to me. Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Have you already done the cold war books by Ben MacIntyre? These two are excellent, especially the first one below. Soviet guy who spied for the west. https://smile.amazon.com/Spy-Traitor-Greatest-Espionage-Story-ebook/dp/B0782X9PFP/ref=sr_1_2?crid=33R6O8L0SML43&keywords=ben+macintyre+books&qid=1658093855&s=digital-text&sprefix=macintyre%2Cdigital-text%2C142&sr=1-2 Woman was soviet spy during war and afterwards. https://smile.amazon.com/Agent-Sonya-Moscows-Daring-Wartime-ebook/dp/B085BWLNR2/ref=sr_1_5?crid=33R6O8L0SML43&keywords=ben+macintyre+books&qid=1658093902&s=digital-text&sprefix=macintyre%2Cdigital-text%2C142&sr=1-5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 11:40 PM, danfrodo said: Have you already done the cold war books by Ben MacIntyre? These two are excellent, especially the first one below. Soviet guy who spied for the west. https://smile.amazon.com/Spy-Traitor-Greatest-Espionage-Story-ebook/dp/B0782X9PFP/ref=sr_1_2?crid=33R6O8L0SML43&keywords=ben+macintyre+books&qid=1658093855&s=digital-text&sprefix=macintyre%2Cdigital-text%2C142&sr=1-2 Woman was soviet spy during war and afterwards. https://smile.amazon.com/Agent-Sonya-Moscows-Daring-Wartime-ebook/dp/B085BWLNR2/ref=sr_1_5?crid=33R6O8L0SML43&keywords=ben+macintyre+books&qid=1658093902&s=digital-text&sprefix=macintyre%2Cdigital-text%2C142&sr=1-5 Sorry for my late reply. Yeah, I have them, but thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Zeitgeist Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) On 7/9/2022 at 3:47 PM, Aragorn2002 said: Any relatively new title would be highly appreciated. Outside your preferred timeframe, but anyway: I greatly enjoyed reading "The Billion Dollar Spy" by David E. Hoffmann, which tells the story of Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet engineer who worked as a CIA agent in the early 80s and gave up detailed information about various Soviet missile and radar systems. Edited August 13, 2022 by Der Zeitgeist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Der Zeitgeist said: Outside your preferred timeframe, but anyway: I greatly enjoyed reading "The Billion Dollar Spy" by David E. Hoffmann, which tells the story of Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet engineer who worked as a CIA agent in the early 80s and gave up detailed information about various Soviet missile and radar systems. Welcome anyway, espionage in the 60', 70's and 80's is also fascinating, so thank you for this title. I bought the kindle version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Have you looked at "Winter Work" by Dan Fesperman, "Bad Actors" by Mick Herron or even Anthony Horowitz's "With a Mind to Kill? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbindc Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I would strongly suggest for a good overview: "Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between the East and the West" by Calder Walton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHW Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) Alex Wellerstein looks at how the US worked to protect nuclear weapons information, doing compelling research about a little-understood subject. He published Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States a couple of years ago. Not a book, but there is a steady drip-drip-drip of declassified and FOIA'd materials coming out of the intelligence community, DOD, and State, and GWU's National Security Archive collects those documents. They publish blog posts about the most interesting new items. Edited January 16 by MHW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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