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The Sword and the Shield
- The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
- Narrado por: Charles Stransky
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Supplementing this trove of KGB secrets with extensive research in other archives, published and unpublished, Christopher Andrew has written an extraordinary book which forces you to acknowledge that there was indeed an enemy - and that he was very much in our midst.
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The Ghost
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- De: Jefferson Morley
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. From the agency's MKULTRA mind-control experiments to the wars of the Mideast, Angleton wielded far more power than anyone knew.
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Flawed Superpatriot
- De Bubblehog en 11-23-17
De: Jefferson Morley
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Red Star Rogue
- De: Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile.
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Twaddle. Just twaddle...
- De Scott en 10-13-14
De: Kenneth Sewell, y otros
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The Insurgents
- David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
- De: Fred Kaplan
- Narrado por: Kevin Foley
- Duración: 15 h y 35 m
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Based on previously unavailable documents and interviews with more than 100 key players, including General David Petraeus, The Insurgents unfolds against the backdrop of two wars waged against insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the main insurgency is the one led at home by a new generation of officers - including Petraeus, John Nagl, David Kilcullen, and H. R. McMaster - who were seized with an idea on how to fight these kinds of "small wars" and who adapted their enemies' techniques to overhaul their own army.
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How to fight a war and win
- De Chupuk en 05-03-16
De: Fred Kaplan
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Twilight Warriors
- The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War
- De: James Kitfield
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 10 m
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In Twilight Warriors, award-winning foreign correspondent James Kitfield introduces us to the tight-knit brotherhood that strives to keep the United States safe from the dimly understood threats it now faces. Together these men have broken down the boundaries between their respective agencies to engineer a network-centric way of fighting using a seamless web of intelligence analysts, information networks, FBI forensics experts, and Special Forces units to take the fight to America's enemies as never before.
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South African Perspectives
- De Bernard Remacle en 03-22-17
De: James Kitfield
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Spycraft
- The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda
- De: Robert Wallace, Henry Robert Schelsinger
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 19 h y 50 m
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Now, in the first book ever written about this ultrasecretive department, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to give listeners an unprecedented look at the devices and operations deemed "inappropriate for public disclosure" by the CIA just two years ago.
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Unique, informative history of the CIA
- De Richard en 07-29-08
De: Robert Wallace, y otros
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The Russian Revolution
- De: Richard Pipes
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 41 h y 42 m
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Groundbreaking in its inclusiveness, enthralling in its narrative of a movement whose purpose, in the words of Leon Trotsky, was "to overthrow the world", The Russian Revolution draws conclusions that aroused great controversy. Richard Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'etat - "the capture of governmental power by a small minority."
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Destruction of the Lenin Myth
- De philip en 09-08-19
De: Richard Pipes
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The Secret World
- A History of Intelligence
- De: Christopher Andrew
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 37 h y 42 m
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The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. In this audiobook, distinguished historian Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia - and shows its relevance today.
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Very interesting history but biased
- De Thor Olson en 10-09-18
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The Secret Lives of Codebreakers
- The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park
- De: Sinclair McKay
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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Bletchley Park looked like any other sprawling country estate. In reality, however, it was the top-secret headquarters of Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School - and the site where Germany’s legendary Enigma code was finally cracked. There, the nation’s most brilliant mathematical minds - including Alan Turing, whose discoveries at Bletchley would fuel the birth of modern computing - toiled alongside debutantes, factory workers, and students on projects of international importance. Until now, little has been revealed about ordinary life at this extraordinary facility.
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Dull treatment of an exciting subject
- De Drew en 01-31-14
De: Sinclair McKay
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The Secret History of MI6: 1909-1949
- De: Keith Jeffery
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 36 h y 53 m
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Keith Jeffery’s fascinating and revealing account draws on a wealth of archival materials never before seen by any outsider to unveil the inner workings of the world’s first spy agency. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service—or MI6—was born a century ago amid rising fears of foreign military powers, especially Germany. The next 40 years saw MI6 taking an increasingly important—and, until now, largely hidden—role in shaping the history of Europe and the world.
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How to make the fascinating totally boring!
- De Eugene en 05-29-11
De: Keith Jeffery
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The Black Banners (Declassified)
- How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
- De: Ali H. Soufan
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 19 h y 14 m
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Widely heralded on publication as a “must-read” (Military Review) and “important window on America’s battle with al-Qaeda” (Washington Post), Ali Soufan’s revelatory account of the war on terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war — and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders.
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Magnificent !
- De JJ en 09-21-20
De: Ali H. Soufan
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The Nuclear Spies
- America's Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin
- De: Vince Houghton
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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Why did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities following World War II? As Vince Houghton, historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, shows us, that disastrous failure came just a few years after the Manhattan Project's intelligence team had penetrated the Third Reich and knew every detail of the Nazi's plan for an atomic bomb. What changed and what went wrong?
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Misleading title
- De peter en 12-20-20
De: Vince Houghton
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Atoms and Ashes
- A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
- De: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrado por: Leighton Pugh
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents—Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima—Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances.
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This was a pretty sensational and biased book.
- De J. Seawright en 06-11-22
De: Serhii Plokhy
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Deep Undercover
- My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
- De: Jack Barsky, Cindy Coloma
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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One decision can end everything...or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.
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I listened to this crap so you don't have to
- De Tomita Silvestru en 08-25-18
De: Jack Barsky, y otros
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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The Secret War with Iran
- De: Ronen Bergman
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 17 h y 12 m
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In the years since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror has focused on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Coverage of Iran has been devoted almost exclusively to its nuclear ambitions. Yet, as Ronen Bergman's groundbreaking reporting in this vital investigative history reveals, for 30 years, Iran has been the world's leading sponsor of global terror and stands as the most formidable sponsor of terror in the world today.
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A Must Read !
- De JerryL en 07-14-09
De: Ronen Bergman
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Armor and Blood
- The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II
- De: Dennis E. Showalter
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h
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While the Battle of Kursk has long captivated World War II aficionados, it has been unjustly overlooked by historians. Drawing on the masses of new information made available by the opening of the Russian military archives, Dennis E. Showalter at last corrects that error. This battle was the critical turning point on World War II's Eastern Front. In the aftermath of the Red Army's brutal repulse of the Germans at Stalingrad, the stakes could not have been higher.
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Big Ups to Prof. Showalter and Audible
- De Placeholder en 08-28-13
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Blitzkrieg
- Myth, Reality, and Hitler's Lightning War: France 1940
- De: Lloyd Clark
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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In the spring of 1940, the Germans launched a military offensive in France and the Low Countries that married superb intelligence, the latest military thinking, and new technology. It was a stunning victory, altering the balance of power in Europe in one stroke, and convincing the entire world that the Nazi war machine was unstoppable. But as Lloyd Clark, a leading British military historian and academic, argues, much of our understanding of this victory, and blitzkrieg itself, is based on myth.
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Very good and detailed about the Fall of France
- De Arthur en 03-15-17
De: Lloyd Clark
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- Yee Bernard James
- 12-27-03
a must follow up to
For anyone who loved "The Company" by Robert Littell. The sword and the shield is a must read/listen.
A fine record of the other company.
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- Sasha
- 03-08-19
learned more than I thought
a very unusual but fascinating book that I would encourage anybody to read. it is very interesting to listen to the history of the KGB from someone who has an inside view
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- 12-13-22
Interesting and sometimes enthralling
First point- this is an abridged version of the original text.
Second point-It gives the active listener a very good overview.
Third point- I would say that somethings were not expounded on due to the nature of classification of material.
Forth point- excellent reference for research papers and a starting point for some more in depth research of certain events.
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- Keyvan
- 04-26-10
Enriching Book Astounishing Reading
Great narrator, great story, but for those folks who suggested The Company is the same kind of book, I disagree. This book is fact base and everything is real. The Company is fiction and all made up. My only regret is this audiobook is not unabridged.
In point of fact I think abridge book should be allowed unless the author himself cut it.
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- Ryan Tossell
- 05-20-18
If you are looking for Cold War and James Bond ...
... type stories, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for an accurate history of the KGB, then this is a solid book.
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- John R. Brown
- 09-06-03
Great History - Great Spy Story
Vasili Mitrokhin was an archivist for the KGB. For several years, he reviewed files as they were moved to a new building. He began to secretly copy information from the files and take it home. Security was surprisingly lax and he became bold. Eventually, he had six crates of notes and quotes. After the fall of the Soviet Union, British intelligence exfiltrated him and his family in exchange for access to his files.
In this book, he names names. Hundreds of names. For instance, he names an employee of M.W. Kellogg in Houston, whom no one ever suspected of being a Soviet agent. He names key members of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
But saying that he names names is understating the importance of this book.
Beginning in the 1930's and continuing into the late 1980's, he describes Soviet tradecraft and the work of master spys, cutouts, agents, and persons compromised. For instance, the provides the Soviet side of the recuiment and running of the Kim Phily Five, the Alger Hiss matter, the Rosenbergs, etc.
HE EVEN IDENTIFIES SASHA, a Soviet mole who did much damage (although the CIA's hunt for SASHA may have been even more damaging than Sasha's own work - and the skeptics amoung us question whether there was another Sasha).
If this were fiction, it would be a pretty good book. As non-fiction, it is a must read for anyone who wants to know what really happened in the cold war and how close we came to losing to the Soviets.
About 20% of the information in this book is incorporated into Robert Littel's novel, THE COMPANY.
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- Larry
- 12-24-05
Exposed! The KGB was evil!
Well. Here's a revelation. The KGB and it's predecessors was an instrument of terror in the hands of paranoid tyrants. The good information that they produced that indicated that the U.S was not interested in empire buiiding was discarded and messengers shot. The survivors then, with new understanding, painted the U.S. and its allies as greedy power hungry hegemonists intent on invading mother Russia and received medals. All of this from the KGB's own archives through the bravery and dedication to truth of one minor file clerk, Vasily Mitroken. This is a first rate read for anyone who survived the Fifties.
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