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Book Review: The Spymasters – How CIA Directors Shape America and the World

Inside the CIA Directors book by Chris Whipple—how America’s spy chiefs shaped history, strategy, and national security.

November 9, 2023 American History / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / Historical / History / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / Sean Naylor / Terrorism / War

Inside the Shadows: A Look at the Joint Special Operations Command in Relentless Strike

Relentless Strike tells the inside story of JSOC, the secret military organization that revolutionized counterterrorism.

November 7, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Kevin Maurer / Mark Owen / Memoir / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / War

No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer

No Easy Day, Owen also takes readers into the War on Terror and details the formation of the most elite units in the military.

November 5, 2023 AUTHOR / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / British Literature / Espionage / GENRE / History / Keith Jeffery / Military Fiction / Nonfiction / Politics / Reference / Science / War

Book Review: The Secret History of MI6 Reveals the Origins of British Espionage

Secret History of MI6 explores British spy operations from 1909–1949 in this gripping, authorized account by Keith Jeffery.

November 4, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / Ben Macintyre / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / Historical / History / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / Thriller / War

The Spy and the Traitor: A True Cold War Story of Courage, Betrayal, and Escape

The Spy and the Traitor tells the true Cold War story of KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky and his secret life as a British spy.

October 31, 2023 AUTHOR / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Russia / S. J. Hamrick

Deceiving the Deceivers: A Riveting Look at Espionage, Betrayal, and Cold War Secrets

Deceiving the Deceivers reveals Cold War spy secrets and questions the true roles of Philby, Maclean, and Burgess.

October 30, 2023 AUTHOR / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Stewart Purvis

Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone by Stewart Purvis

Guy Burgess was a supreme networker, with a contacts book that included everyone from statesmen to socialites, high-ranking government officials to the famous actors and literary figures of the day.

October 29, 2023 Academic / Amir Bohbot / AUTHOR / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Israel / Judaism / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / Technology / War / Yaakov Katz

The Weapon Wizards Book Review: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower

Read our Weapon Wizards book review to explore Israel’s military innovation and high-tech defense technology.

October 25, 2023 AUTHOR / Autobiography / Banned Books / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / History / Memoir / Nonfiction / Peter Wright / Politics / War

Spy Catcher Book Review: A Gripping Account of Cold War Espionage

Spy Catcher book review exploring Peter Wright’s gripping MI5 memoir, revealing Cold War espionage and Soviet infiltration.

October 23, 2023 Africa / American History / AUTHOR / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Democratic Republic Of The Congo / Espionage / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Susan Williams / The United States Of America / World War II

Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II by Susan Williams

“Spies in the Congo” is a well-written and engaging account of an important but little-known chapter in World War II history.

October 21, 2023 AUTHOR / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / British Literature / Espionage / GENRE / History / Nonfiction / Russia / Yuri Modin

Cambridge Spy Ring Book Review: Yuri Modin’s Account of Espionage and Betrayal

Discover the Cambridge Spy Ring book by Yuri Modin, offering a unique perspective on Cold War espionage and betrayal.

October 20, 2023 Andrew Lownie / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / British Literature / Espionage / GENRE / Historical / History / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia

Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring: A Betrayal That Shaped the Cold War

“Stalin’s Englishman: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring,” unravels the life of one of the most notorious spies in British history.

October 18, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / Ben Macintyre / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / Historical / History / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / War

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

“A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal” by Ben Macintyre is a riveting exploration of one of the most shocking betrayals in the history of intelligence operations.

October 17, 2023 Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Israel / Jewish / Michael B. Oren / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / War / World History

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren

Very good account of the 1967 Arab-Israeli 6 Day War. The book offers a glimpse into the political and military dynamics that reshaped the modern Middle East in just six days.

October 16, 2023 Asia / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Autobiography / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / Historical / History / Jang Jin-sung / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics

Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee – A Look Inside North Korea by Jang Jin-sung

Dear Leader by Jang Jin-sung embarks on an extraordinary odyssey through one of the world’s most secretive and repressive regimes.

October 14, 2023 American / American History / Astronomy / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / GENRE / Henry S. F. Cooper / Historical / History / Nonfiction / Science / Space / Survival

Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed by Henry S. F. Cooper

Apollo 13 was poised to be NASA’s third lunar landing, an emblem of American exceptionalism. However, fate had other plans.

October 12, 2023 American History / Andrew Meier / AUTHOR / Biography / BOOK REVIEWS / BOOKS / Espionage / History / Nonfiction / Russia / War / World War II

The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin’s Secret Service by Andrew Meier

“The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin’s Secret Service” reveals the remarkable life of Isiah Oggins, an American entangled in the shadowy dealings of Soviet intelligence.