KGB agents were everywhere, from the U.S. to Europe, always working in the shadows. This book brings their actions into the light.
#Books #RussianSpyArchives #ColdWarEspionage #IntelligenceHistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/mitrokhin-archive-book-review/
Britain kept GCHQ a secret for decades. Nigel West blows that cover wide open. This book is a must-read for any history fan.
#books #BritishHistory #ColdWarHistory #IntelligenceHistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/gchq-book-review/
GCHQ Book Review: The Secret Wireless War by Nigel West

A GCHQ book review covering Nigel West's full history of Britain's secret signals intelligence agency from 1900 to 1986.

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Meir Dagan believed in striking first, not waiting for attacks. His strategy changed Israel's survival game. "The Architect of Espionage" tells how he did it. Read our complete review.
#Books #BooksWorthReading #TrueBooks #IntelligenceHistory #Mossad #Security
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/architect-of-espionage-review/
Architect of Espionage Review: Meir Dagan's Mossad Story

Architect of Espionage review explores how Meir Dagan built Mossad into a strike-first force. Read our full book analysis here.

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How did Britain build one of the world’s most powerful spy agencies? Find out in Keith Jeffery’s The Secret History of MI6.
#IntelligenceHistory #SpyAgency #MI6Book
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/the-secret-history-of-mi6/
The Secret History of MI6 Book Review

Explore The Secret History of MI6 and discover how Britain built its powerful spy agency.

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Real spies, real stakes. Defend the Realm isn’t fiction — it’s the raw truth behind MI5’s operations.
#TrueSpyStories #MI5Facts #IntelligenceHistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/defend-the-realm/
Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5

Defend the Realm explores MI5’s history, revealing secrets of espionage, counter-terrorism, and national security.

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Lux Ex Umbra: The spies who came south from the cold: CSE's 1980s renaissance

Finished two new #intelligencehistory reads this week. First up, "The Sisterhood" by Liza Mundy, a history of women in the CIA, plus a few in other agencies. Excellent read; I'm so glad some of these interviews happened before the older generation passes.

Mundy does a good job of covering multiple sides of the controversies surrounding some of the more recent GWOT-focused personalities and ops, but I'd recommend reading this in conjunction with Amy Zegart's books for fuller context.

Call for papers for a conference on Canadian intelligence history to be held in Ottawa in October 2024.

https://luxexumbra.blogspot.com/2023/10/call-for-papers-canadian-intelligence.html

#CSE #CSIS #History #Canada #IntelligenceHistory

Lux Ex Umbra: Call for papers: Canadian intelligence history

September 16: A Hero Dies at the Battle of Harlem Heights

  Today in 1776, one of Connecticut’s most valiant heroes of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton, died while commanding his men at the Battle of Harlem Heights in N…

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On the off chance... Does anyone have an image of the #signature of William S. Stephenson, the so-called "Man Called #Intrepid," the head of British Security Coordination during #WorldWarII? I just bought a book that he may have signed but I want to compare that signature to a known example of the real thing.

#autograph #WWII #intelligence #IntelligenceHistory #UnitedKingdom #Canada #BritishIntelligence #histodons #bookstodons @histodons