Tag: Espionage

When The Nerds Won The War

Book and Dagger-How Scholars And Librarians Became The Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham (2024) - Drawn from declassified documents from official sources, and many personal documents of those involved, the author details the input of a wide range of non-professional spies who played vital roles in the Allies victory in Europe.... Continue Reading →

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A New Generation’s Smiley

Slow Horses by Mick Herron (2010) – Slough House is where MI5 sends you when you’ve made a terrible mistake. The hope is that the residents, called “Slow Horses”, will quit. Days, weeks, and months of grinding out Slough House’s only product, meaningless and ignored paperwork is intended to break them. When a minor domestic... Continue Reading →

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Of “Gentlemen” And Their Mail

Honorable Treachery- A History of U. S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA (2014) by J.G.A. O’Toole An in-depth look at the history of intelligence in the history of the United States. The book begins with the action leading up to the Revolutionary War and carries the story through... Continue Reading →

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