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Spies

The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

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Spies

Auteur(s): Calder Walton
Narrateur(s): Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
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 The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.

Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, during, and after the Cold War. There was nothing “unprecedented” about Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. It was simply business as usual, new means used for old ends.

The Cold War started long before 1945. But the West fought back after World War II, mounting its own shadow war, using disinformation, vast intelligence networks, and new technologies against the Soviet Union. Spies is a “deeply researched and artfully crafted” (Fiona Hill, deputy assistant to the US President) story of the best and worst of mankind: bravery and honor, treachery and betrayal. The narrative shifts across continents and decades, from the freezing streets of St. Petersburg in 1917 to the bloody beaches of Normandy; from coups in faraway lands to present-day Moscow where troll farms, synthetic bots, and weaponized cyber-attacks being launched woefully unprepared West. It is about the rise and fall of Eastern superpowers: Russia’s past and present and the global ascendance of China.

Mining hitherto secret archives in multiple languages, Calder Walton shows that the Cold War started earlier than commonly assumed, that it continued even after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, and that Britain and America’s clandestine struggle with the Soviet government provided key lessons for countering China today. This “authoritative, sweeping” (Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize­–winning author of Embers of War) history, combined with practical takeaways for our current great power struggles, make Spies a unique and essential addition to the history of the Cold War and the unrolling conflict between the United States and China that will dominate the 21st century. Amériques Militaire Russie États-Unis Espionnage Guerre Union soviétique Guerre froide Impérialisme Japon impérial Chine Socialisme Moyen-Orient
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Having lived in Washington, D.C. in the 80s, and the Middle East in the 90s, I found Walton's intelligence history from the time of Stalin through to present day well researched and a fascinating story. Hence the 4 star review. I wanted to rate it 5 stars, but was both disappointed and puzzled with what can only be described as a bias foray into politics at the books conclusion. The specific bias wasn't so much the problem, as the lack of scholarly honesty in presenting all the facts and the opposing viewpoints, as any objective work must. I don't want to speculate as to why a good book concluded like this, but it does cause me to wonder if other sections in this work are similarly treated.

Fascinating history, disappointing epilogue

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So if you are not from Western world, the content is no so relevant, and just repeated media content

Book tailed for the audience

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