The winter days are getting shorter, darker and colder, but no worries! Here are six books about espionage and intelligence that will make time fly fast. This is the real stuff, told by people involved and thorough research. I really enjoyed reading these books. Highly recommended! Don't waste that winter, make it exciting and fascinating!
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📖 The Billion Dollar Spy - A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal, by David Hoffman (read my review)
📖 The Widow Spy - My CIA Journey from the Jungles of Laos to Prison in Moscow, by Martha Peterson. More about Martha Peterson.
📖 Nuking the Moon - And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board, by Vince Houghton (read my review)
📖 Russians Among Us - Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin’s Spies, by Gordon Corera.
📖 Deep Undercover - My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America, by Jack Barsky (read my review)
📖 The Moscow Rules - The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War, Antonio and Jonna Mendez.
Did you read one of these books, then share your thoughts with the readers in the comments underneath this post.
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Thanks for the recommendations. I read The Billion Dollar Spy and thought it was outstanding.
ReplyDelete@Don Sudduth, indeed great book, and gradually became a real nailbiter, due to the deteriorating situation riks taker Tolkachev was getting himself into. Cudos for his bravery, but it made his fate virtually inevitable.
ReplyDeleteI would add pretty much all of Ben McIntyre's catalogue to this list.
ReplyDelete@N.D. Burnside, Macintyre is indeed great and I'm planning to review Agent Zigzag that I read a few months ago. Eddie Chapman's life was... well, indescribable nuts, but Macintyre described it perfectly. What a book! And Double Cross, Agent Sonja, A Spy Among Friends...
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