🇬🇧 Mi6 History

A look behind the curtain of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, from its founding to its Cold War operations and beyond. Real-life espionage that rivals any thriller.

Spycatcher

by Peter Wright • 1987

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

3.73

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

Spycatcher 92%

MI5's first scientist built secret listening devices, then spent his career hunting a Soviet mole.

by Peter Wright 1987

3.73

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇬🇧 British Intelligence 📡 Technical Surveillance

The Spymasters

by Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

4.05

1k+

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Spymasters 91%

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

by Chris Whipple 2020

4.05

1k+ ratings

📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

A Spy Among Friends

by Ben Macintyre • 2014

Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott were friends inside Britain's secret service. One was a traitor.

4.20

30k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agents 💔 Friendship Betrayal

A Spy Among Friends 91%

Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott were friends inside Britain's secret service. One was a traitor.

by Ben Macintyre 2014

4.20

30k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agents 💔 Friendship Betrayal

The Spy and the Traitor

by Ben Macintyre • 2018

Soviet golden boy, MI6's greatest mole, and the desperate 1985 escape that saved him.

4.52

91k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Soviet Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

The Spy and the Traitor 90%

Soviet golden boy, MI6's greatest mole, and the desperate 1985 escape that saved him.

by Ben Macintyre 2018

4.52

91k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Soviet Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Code Warriors

by Stephen Budiansky • 2016

Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.

3.72

760

🕵️ Cold War Intelligence 🔑 Codebreaking History 📡 Signals Intelligence

Code Warriors 90%

Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.

by Stephen Budiansky 2016

3.72

760 ratings

🕵️ Cold War Intelligence 🔑 Codebreaking History 📡 Signals Intelligence

Big Boys' Rules

by mark-urban • 1992

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

3.87

326

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Big Boys' Rules 90%

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

by mark-urban 1992

3.87

326 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Agent Garbo

by Stephan Talty • 2012

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

4.08

2k+

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

Agent Garbo 90%

A failed chicken farmer invented 27 imaginary spies, then froze Hitler's panzers on D-Day.

by Stephan Talty 2012

4.08

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwii Espionage 🎭 Military Deception 👥 Double Agents

The Billion Dollar Spy

by David E. Hoffman • 2015

A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.

4.23

16k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇺🇸 Cia History 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

The Billion Dollar Spy 90%

A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.

by David E. Hoffman 2015

4.23

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇺🇸 Cia History 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Four Shots in the Night 90%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Legacy of Ashes

by Tim Weiner • 2007

Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.

3.96

16k+

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🕶️ Covert Operations 🚨 Institutional Failure

Legacy of Ashes 90%

Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.

by Tim Weiner 2007

3.96

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🕶️ Covert Operations 🚨 Institutional Failure

Washington's Spies

by Alexander Rose • 2006

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

3.82

6k+

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence

Washington's Spies 90%

Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.

by Alexander Rose 2006

3.82

6k+ ratings

🦅 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🎖️ Military Intelligence

Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers

by Norbert Juretzko • 2004

The inside story of an intelligence agency so inept the Americans bought their agents a Winnebago.

3.67

🕵️ German Intelligence 📋 Bureaucratic Failure 📢 Whistleblowing

Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers Summary

Bedingt dienstbereit. Im Herzen des BND - die Abrechnung eines Aussteigers 90%

The inside story of an intelligence agency so inept the Americans bought their agents a Winnebago.

by Norbert Juretzko 2004

3.67

21 ratings

🕵️ German Intelligence 📋 Bureaucratic Failure 📢 Whistleblowing

Mossad

by Michael Bar-Zohar • 2010

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

4.19

16k+

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

Mossad 90%

Audacity and moral compromise: the real missions that built the Mossad legend.

by Michael Bar-Zohar 2010

4.19

16k+ ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Intelligence 🕵️ State Espionage 🌍 Middle East Conflict

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

by Annie Jacobsen • 2019

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

4.31

7k+

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing

Surprise, Kill, Vanish 90%

Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.

by Annie Jacobsen 2019

4.31

7k+ ratings

🕵️ CIA History 🥷 Covert Operations 🎯 Targeted Killing

R. N. Kao

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale • 2019

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

3.92

456

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History

R. N. Kao 90%

How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.

by Mr Nitin A Gokhale 2019

3.92

456 ratings

🕵️ Indian Intelligence 🥷 Covert Operations 📜 Intelligence History

In the Enemy's House

by Howard Blum • 2018

An FBI agent and a quiet linguist unraveled the Soviet codes that hid the atomic spies.

4.14

2k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Atomic Espionage 🔐 Code Breaking

In the Enemy's House 90%

An FBI agent and a quiet linguist unraveled the Soviet codes that hid the atomic spies.

by Howard Blum 2018

4.14

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Atomic Espionage 🔐 Code Breaking

Operation Mincemeat

by Ben Macintyre • 2010

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

4.03

24k+

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies

Operation Mincemeat 89%

How a dead homeless man became a Royal Marines officer and deceived the entire Nazi war machine.

by Ben Macintyre 2010

4.03

24k+ ratings

🕵️ World War Ii Espionage 🪖 Military Deception 🎩 Eccentric Spies

The Art of Intelligence

by Henry A. Crumpton • 2012

Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.

3.84

3k+

🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft 🤝 Human Intelligence 🤫 Spy Recruitment

The Art of Intelligence 89%

Recruiting a spy means navigating greed, ideology, and revenge, and why it still beats technology.

by Henry A. Crumpton 2012

3.84

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Tradecraft 🤝 Human Intelligence 🤫 Spy Recruitment

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja?

by Shaun Walker • 2025

A century of Russian spies next door: from Lenin's fugitives to the sleepers caught last week.

4.22

2k+

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence 📜 Espionage History 🎭 Deep Cover Operations

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja? Summary

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja? 89%

A century of Russian spies next door: from Lenin's fugitives to the sleepers caught last week.

by Shaun Walker 2025

4.22

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence 📜 Espionage History 🎭 Deep Cover Operations

Spies in the Family

by Eva Dillon • 2017

A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.

4.15

1k+

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ CIA History 🏳️ Soviet Defectors

Spies in the Family 89%

A Soviet general spied for the U.S. for two decades. His handler's daughter reveals why.

by Eva Dillon 2017

4.15

1k+ ratings

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ CIA History 🏳️ Soviet Defectors

The Imagineers of War

by Sharon Weinberger • 2017

DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.

3.69

565

🛰️ Cold War Science 🔬 Defense Research 🏛️ Institutional History

The Imagineers of War 89%

DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.

by Sharon Weinberger 2017

3.69

565 ratings

🛰️ Cold War Science 🔬 Defense Research 🏛️ Institutional History

The Sword and the Shield

by Christopher Andrew • 1985

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

3.93

2k+

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History

The Sword and the Shield 89%

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

by Christopher Andrew 1985

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

One Nation Under Blackmail 89%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

Phenomena

by Annie Jacobsen • 2017

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

3.94

2k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare

Phenomena 89%

How the CIA spent decades training psychic spies to fight the Cold War.

by Annie Jacobsen 2017

3.94

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔭 Remote Viewing 🧠 Psychic Warfare

The Codebreakers

by David Kahn • 1967

The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.

4.18

2k+

🔐 History Of Cryptology 🔍 Codebreaking 📡 Signals Intelligence

The Codebreakers 89%

The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.

by David Kahn 1967

4.18

2k+ ratings

🔐 History Of Cryptology 🔍 Codebreaking 📡 Signals Intelligence

The Devil's Chessboard

by David Talbot • 2015

He built the CIA. Kennedy fired him. Then he led the cover-up of Kennedy's murder.

4.35

8k+

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🥶 Cold War Politics 🕶️ Covert Operations

The Devil's Chessboard 89%

He built the CIA. Kennedy fired him. Then he led the cover-up of Kennedy's murder.

by David Talbot 2015

4.35

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 🥶 Cold War Politics 🕶️ Covert Operations

World War One

by Daniel Wrinn • 2021

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

3.91

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

World War One 89%

Scuttling a ship, leaping from a train, fighting in Eden: the Great War you haven't read.

by Daniel Wrinn 2021

3.91

54 ratings

🌍 World War I ⚔️ Military History 🚢 Naval Warfare

George Washington's Secret Six

by Brian Kilmeade • 2013

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

3.86

21k+

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence

George Washington's Secret Six 89%

Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.

by Brian Kilmeade 2013

3.86

21k+ ratings

🏴 American Revolution 🕵️ Espionage History 🔍 Wartime Intelligence

Target Tehran

by Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

Target Tehran 89%

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023

4.07

450 ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations

The Master of Disguise

by Antonio J. Mendez • 1999

How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.

3.85

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔧 Tradecraft 🚁 Agent Exfiltration

The Master of Disguise 89%

How the CIA disguise chief spirited 150 agents out of hostile territory without a single loss.

by Antonio J. Mendez 1999

3.85

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔧 Tradecraft 🚁 Agent Exfiltration

By Way of Deception

by Victor Ostrovsky • 1990

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

3.92

2k+

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft

By Way of Deception 89%

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

by Victor Ostrovsky 1990

3.92

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft

Deep Undercover

by Jack Barsky • 2017

To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.

4.08

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🛡️ Soviet Intelligence 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

Deep Undercover 89%

To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.

by Jack Barsky 2017

4.08

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🛡️ Soviet Intelligence 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

The Woman All Spies Fear

by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

4.19

2k+

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis

The Woman All Spies Fear 89%

She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.

by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧩 Codebreaking History 🕵️ Women In Intelligence 🔐 Cryptanalysis

Spy Schools

by Daniel Golden • 2017

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Spy Schools 89%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Ghost Wars

by Steve Coll • 2004

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

4.32

19k+

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

Ghost Wars 89%

The CIA's Afghan victory armed the men who attacked America on 9/11.

by Steve Coll 2004

4.32

19k+ ratings

🌐 Cold War Proxy Wars 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Intelligence Failures

A Great Place To Have A War

by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

3.90

788

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

A Great Place To Have A War 89%

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017

3.90

788 ratings

🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History

The Gun

by C.J. Chivers • 2010

3.95

3k+

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

The Gun 89%

by C.J. Chivers 2010

3.95

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military History ☢️ Cold War History 🔧 Military Technology

Area 51

by Annie Jacobsen • 2011

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

3.86

11k+

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

Area 51 89%

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

by Annie Jacobsen 2011

3.86

11k+ ratings

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Padre

by Jennifer O'Leary • 2023

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

4.02

455

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

The Padre 89%

Gaddafi's cash. A parking timer. A priest. These built the IRA's most reliable bombs.

by Jennifer O'Leary 2023

4.02

455 ratings

⚔️ The Troubles 🇮🇪 Irish Republicanism 🔫 Arms Trafficking

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

by Sean M. Wiswesser • 2026

Corruption, not ideology, drives Putin's spies, and their greatest secret is how often they fail.

4.09

🏛️ Putin'S Russia 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🗝️ Kgb Legacy

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks Summary

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks 89%

Corruption, not ideology, drives Putin's spies, and their greatest secret is how often they fail.

by Sean M. Wiswesser 2026

4.09

33 ratings

🏛️ Putin'S Russia 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🗝️ Kgb Legacy

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

by Amy B. Zegart • 2022

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

3.95

2k+

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms 88%

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

by Amy B. Zegart 2022

3.95

2k+ ratings

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Nazi Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2023

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

4.15

10k+

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders

The Nazi Conspiracy 88%

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

by Brad Meltzer 2023

4.15

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders

Dark Territory

by Fred Kaplan • 2016

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

3.90

3k+

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy

Dark Territory 88%

Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.

by Fred Kaplan 2016

3.90

3k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕵️ Digital Espionage 🏛️ Cybersecurity Policy

The Cuckoo's Egg

by Clifford Stoll • 1989

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

4.28

16k+

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics

The Cuckoo's Egg 88%

A 75-cent error, a pager, one astronomer chasing a KGB spy through military networks.

by Clifford Stoll 1989

4.28

16k+ ratings

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔍 Digital Forensics

The First Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2019

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

3.82

14k+

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History

The First Conspiracy 88%

The secret plot to capture George Washington came from inside his own guard.

by Brad Meltzer 2019

3.82

14k+ ratings

🗽 American Revolution 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers 🕵️ Espionage History

Afghanistan

by Mohammad Yousaf • 1992

The war that broke the Soviet Union was run from a covert Pakistani camp, not Langley.

3.93

228

🇦🇫 Soviet Afghan War ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Cold War Proxy Wars

Afghanistan 88%

The war that broke the Soviet Union was run from a covert Pakistani camp, not Langley.

by Mohammad Yousaf 1992

3.93

228 ratings

🇦🇫 Soviet Afghan War ⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare 🌍 Cold War Proxy Wars

The Infernal Machine

by Steven Johnson • 2024

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

4.03

2k+

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History

The Infernal Machine 88%

Dynamite was meant to destroy governments. It built the most powerful one: the surveillance state.

by Steven Johnson 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏴 Anarchist History 💣 History Of Terrorism 🔬 Forensic History

Shopping for Bombs

by Gordon Corera • 2006

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

3.80

123

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Shopping for Bombs 88%

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

by Gordon Corera 2006

3.80

123 ratings

☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks

Killing Hope

by William Blum • 1995

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

4.27

2k+

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire

Killing Hope 88%

For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.

by William Blum 1995

4.27

2k+ ratings

❄️ Cold War Politics 🕵️ Covert Operations 🌎 American Empire

Eichmann in My Hands

by Peter Z. Malkin • 1990

One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.

4.43

927

🕶️ Spy Memoirs 🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕵️ Mossad Operations

Eichmann in My Hands 88%

One sentence to stop the architect of the Holocaust on a dark street in Buenos Aires.

by Peter Z. Malkin 1990

4.43

927 ratings

🕶️ Spy Memoirs 🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕵️ Mossad Operations

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