#coldwarespionage — Public Fediverse posts

Want to learn about the Cold War from the inside? Read My 5 Cambridge Friends by Yuri Modin. It’s a must for spy fans.
#books #bookreviews #SpyBooks #ColdWarEspionage
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

Civil war. Foreign militias. A collapsed government. Beirut in 1984 was the most dangerous city on earth. The CIA kept its station open anyway.
#BeirutRules #ColdWarEspionage #CIAHistory #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/beirut-rules-book-review-cia-hezbollah-william-buckley.html

Oggins knew too much and lived too long. That was enough for Stalin to order his death. The Lost Spy by Andrew Meier shows what loyalty to a brutal system really costs.
#AmericanSovietSpy #StalinEra #ColdWarEspionage #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/american-soviet-spy-lost-spy-isaiah-oggins-book-review.html

He passed Soviet radar secrets, missile guidance data, and aircraft plans to the CIA for six years. The intelligence he delivered saved billions and reshaped American defense strategy.
#BillionDollarSpy #ColdWarEspionage #CIASpy #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/cold-war-espionage-billion-dollar-spy-book-review.html

He passed Soviet radar secrets, missile guidance data, and aircraft plans to the CIA for six years. The intelligence he delivered saved billions and reshaped American defense strategy.
#BillionDollarSpy #ColdWarEspionage #CIASpy #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/cold-war-espionage-billion-dollar-spy-book-review.html

In 1977 a Soviet radar engineer dropped a note through a CIA car window in Moscow. That note changed the course of the Cold War. The Billion Dollar Spy tells the full story.
#BillionDollarSpy #ColdWarEspionage #CIAHistory #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/cold-war-espionage-billion-dollar-spy-book-review.html

They cracked Enigma. They built TEMPORA. They watch the world. This is the book governments hoped you would never read.
#GCHQ #Bletchley #ColdWarEspionage #books #bookreviews
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/04/gchq-britain-secret-intelligence-agency.html

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/

Cold War espionage. High-stakes decisions. Bold covert operations. Marc Vargo brings Mossad history to life.
#books #ColdWarEspionage #SpyHistory #HistoryLovers
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/mossad-landmark-spy-missions/

Did you know the Mossad tracked down Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina? Marc Vargo tells the full story.
#books #WWII #AdolfEichmann #ColdWarEspionage
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/mossad-landmark-spy-missions/

Stalin’s Englishman reveals how the Cambridge Spy Ring betrayed Britain and served the Soviets.
#CambridgeSpyRing #ColdWarEspionage #SovietSpies #BookReview #books
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring/

Their Trade is Treachery mixes fact, rumor, and leaks to expose possible Soviet control of MI5.
#ColdWarEspionage #BookReview #BookLovers
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/mi5-soviet-infiltration/

This happened a few days ago, but I missed it:

"Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who became one of America's most damaging double agents, has died aged 84."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0n29395j3o

#ColdWar #ColdWarHistory #ColdWarEspionage

Stalin’s Englishman reveals how the Cambridge Spy Ring betrayed Britain and served the Soviets.
#CambridgeSpyRing #ColdWarEspionage #SovietSpies #BookReview
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring/