Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton


Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
Title : Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
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ISBN : 1668000695
ISBN-10 : 1668000695
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle, Hardcover, Audio CD
Number of Pages : 688 pages
Publication : Simon Schuster (June 6, 2023)

The riveting, 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 Kremlins 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 an inspiring, engrossing 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 on the woefully unprepared West. It is about the rise and fall of eastern superpowers: Russias 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 Unions collapse in 1991, and that Britain and Americas clandestine struggle with the Soviet government provides key lessons for countering China today. This fresh reading of 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.

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West Reviews

  • Stephen Zielinski

    This was the first book by this author that I have read and it has not disappointed. I am about two thirds through it and can't wait to finish. The author's research and writing style make it a real page turner. The only sad parts are reading about the number of dupes the

  • Paul Y. Gelman

    Calder Walton has written a book which will definitely be a masterpiece about "The Great Game" played between the East and the West during the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Nothing has been left out and new revelations are told in a book which reads like a

  • Theresa Ranieri

    So timely and essential to understand the history up toCurrent times and predictionsFor futureHighly recommend!!

  • Andrew Beck

    Engrossing and even entertaining, but ultimately this book is an education on our recent past and the current situation in the halls of our governments, the back alleys of our cities, and the dark corners of the Internet. Walton's access to source materials and his way of

  • Andrew M. Klein

    My read: very good, revealing, and convincing first third on intelligence history and techique; wandering, slow and repetitive second third, burdened with detail and U.S. secrecy foolishness; unwelcome politically leaning uninformative, overly long last third. Author

  • Jack

    Calder Walton’s contribution to intelligence history is as readable as it is insightful and impeccably researched. An immediate must have resource for any serious student of or commenter on intelligence.

  • Ryder Selmi

    Calder Walton brilliantly takes readers back 100 years to the outset of what would become a hundred year global intelligence war between the East and the West. This is not a dull history book, but rather an exciting stream of spy craft, espionage, covert actions, and

  • TruthSeeker

    I looked forward to receiving this book based on the author's previous works, but this is a loser. First, no bibliography in the book. You are referred to a website if you want it and print your own a space and paper saving effort by the publisher. When the website