history, books, lifestyle
In this post, I am going to be looking at John L. Gaddis’s article Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins. Gaddis is best known as a post-revisionist/orthodox-leaning Cold War historian, but in this article, he specifically analyses intelligence. He asks why it has often been treated as a marginal topic in Cold War scholarship, despite… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Intelligence, Espionage, and Cold War Origins, John L. Gaddis
In this post, I am going to be analysing Richard J. Aldrich’s Policing the Past: Official History, Secrecy and British Intelligence Since 1945 article from the English Historical Review. I found this article very interesting as it examines intelligence history while also asking bigger questions about who gets to write history, how secrecy shapes archives,… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Policing the Past, Richard J. Aldrich
As part of this series exploring 20th century history, with a focus on espionage, I have decided to explore the story of Adolf Tolkachev. He was one of the most important CIA assets during the Cold War, and like my previous posts, I have also read a book to guide my research, "The Billion Dollar… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Adolf Tolkachev
Rather than analysing a book about a certain historical story like the other posts in this series, this post draws inspiration from a podcast I recently listened to. The podcast about the life and espionage work of Noor Inayat Khan, a female British-Indian SOE agent during WWII, sparked my interest in her story. 'The Spy… Continue reading The Past Through Pages: Noor Inayat Khan
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