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During the most intense decades of the Cold War, the United States developed a range of unconventional nuclear capabilities designed to deter or slow a potential Soviet invasion of Western…
James M. Olson spent more than three decades in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, serving on the front lines of the Cold War and later rising to become the Chief…
New books by Sean Hagerty. Sean Hagerty is a retired Special Operations Soldier with over 25 years of experience. He spent his younger years training and conducting combat operations with…
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik occupies a distinctive place in the history of Cold War espionage. Outwardly, he was a mid‑level Soviet diplomat with an unremarkable public profile. Privately, he became one…
The Trout Fisher casts patiently all day. He frequently changes his venue and his lures. If he has frightened a fish he may ‘give the water a rest for half-an-hour,’…
The strategic environment of the 21st century is defined by ambiguity, contested information spaces, and adversaries who deliberately blur the boundaries between peace and war. Hybrid and non‑linear warfare—terms often…
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust abruptly into global war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shattered any remaining illusions of distance or safety,…
In the early morning hours of December 3, 1948, investigators from the House Un‑American Activities Committee (HUAC) arrived at a quiet farmhouse in Westminster, Maryland. They expected to collect evidence…
Operation FOOT, launched in September 1971 under the government of Prime Minister Edward Heath, remains one of the most dramatic and consequential counter‑espionage actions of the entire Cold War. It…
By the mid‑1960s, the CIA viewed Latin America as one of the most strategically fragile regions of the Cold War. Fidel Castro’s consolidation of power in Cuba, followed by Havana’s…