Espionage Aficionados discussion

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I've just noticed that our 'nonfiction' bookshelf is woefully lacking in nonfiction titles.

I'm calling on you to help me flesh it out. Please suggest any espionage nonfiction you can possibly think of; and add it to this shelf of ours. Or, tell me and I will add it.

It will be a big help. Thanks!

Cordially,

Feliks D.

Here are some non-fiction books on espionage that may interest some members of this Group ---

1) Spymaster: My Life in the CIA by Ted Shackley



2) Empire of Secrets by Calder Walton



3) She Landed by Moonlight by Carole Seymour-Jones



4) The Mexican Spy Company: United States Covert Operations in Mexico, 1845-1848 by A. Brooke Caruso



5) Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum



6) Russian Roulette: A Deadly Game - How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot by Giles Milton



7) Fighting the Nazis: French Intelligence and Counterintelligence 1935-1945 by Paul Paillole



8) Our Man in Haiti: George de Mohrenschildt and the CIA in the Nightmare Republic by Joan Mellen



9) True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy by Scott W. Carmichael



10) Papa Spy: A True Story of Love, Wartime Espionage in Madrid, and rhe Treachery of the Cambridge Spies by Jimmy Burns



11) Spies of the First World War: Under Cover for King and Kaiser by James Morton

Here are some additional non-fiction works on espionage that may interest some members of the Group ~

1) The Secret War on the United States in 1915: A Tale of Sabotage, Labor Unrest, and Border Troubles (The Secret War Council) by Heribert von Feilitzsch



2) In Plain Sight: Felix A. Sommerfeld, Spymaster in Mexico, 1908 to 1914 by Heribert von Feilitzsch



3) Spymaster: The Secret Life of Kendrick by Helen Fry



4) America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford



5) Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA by Randall Bennett Woods



6) Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin by Jan Valtin



7) The German Penetration of SOE by Jean Overton Fuller



8) The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes by Mark Urban



9) Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky



10) The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America--The Stalin Era by Allen Weinstein



11) Secret Service: British Agents in France, 1792-1815 by Elizabeth Sparrow

Great job!

If you are interested in the 1941 Nazi plan to sabotage America's factories and infrastructure do NOT read this book. However, if you want to learn how the saboteurs fearful leader convinced himself that he is actually the hero and victim of this failed attack, and how everyone in both Germany and America betrayed him at every step of the journey, then this may prove a valuable read for you.

I was amazed how George Dasch could convince himself that everyone was wrong and that he was betrayed by everyone at every turn in his life. Truly incomprehensible how his mind worked.

The time and effort Macintyre invested into this work has paid off. It is perhaps the most informative and interesting book on Philby and the Cambridge Boys I have ever read. Not only will you learn about the times and habits of these historical figures but Macintyre presents the material in such a vivid format that you can almost smell the booze on Philby's breath. And it doesn't stop there, the Afterword by le Carre and the photo inserts provide a real glimpse into the main players and how business was done back in the real day.

From the 1951 "wanted" poster for Guy Burgess; "5'9", slender built, dark complexions, dark curly hair, tinged with gray, chubby face, clean shaven, slightly Pidgeon toed"

You know your days are numbered when your "wanted" poster mentions your toes.

If you're looking for a hilarious, true account of the OSS, I recommend Roger Hall's "You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger".

I'm now well into reading Churchill's Iceman: The True Story of Geoffrey Pyke: Genius, Fugitive, Spy by Henry Hemming. FANTASTIC BOOK.

Fetch the Devil: The Sierra Diablo Murders and Nazi Espionage in America

Clint Richmond

A very absorbing read of murder and Nazi espionage, takes place from San Francisco, LA, to El Paso in Southwest Texas in 1938, a murder of two socialites that is still unsolved.

Read this a while back



WW2 true story of an SOE agent in France.

Yes indeed. The name is very distinctive. I believe I recently added it to our bookshelves under 'nonfiction-new'. Its earning a good reputation. Thx!