Inside the UK’s Secret Spy Network
SIS Building (or MI6 Building) at Vauxhall Cross, London, headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). It was built in 1994. Photo: Laurie Nevay. CC BY-SA 2.0. Secret intelligence…
Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Wanted Spy
Virginia Hall was an exceptional individual who made significant contributions during World War II. Her determination, courage, and intelligence allowed her to excel in espionage and make a lasting impact…
The A-12 OXCART: CIA’s Secret Cold War Spy Plane
An air-to-air left front view of an A-12 (60-6932) with spurious US Air Force markings. This aircraft was lost over South China Sea on 6 Jume 1968. Photo: Defense Visual…
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Casualties of War: The Hidden Struggles of Veteran Children
Casualties of War: The Hidden Struggles of Veteran Children by Donavon L Riley After the battle space has been reclaimed by nature. After the exchange of artillery and gunfire has…
Sidney Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sidney Reilly Sidney Reilly was the most extraordinary man I ever met.” — Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart Sidney George Reilly, MC was a British spy who worked for the British…
Mata Hari: The Truth Behind the Legend
Mata Hari Everything is an illusion.” — Mata Hari. The name Mata Hari has become synonymous with the seductive female spy who uses her charms to obtain secrets from the…
The OSS: America’s WW2 Spy Agency
General William J. Donovan reviews OSS Operational Group members in Bethesda, Maryland, prior to their departure for China in 1945. Photo: Office of Strategic Services Society. We face an enemy…
T. E. Lawrence: The Man Behind the Legend
T. E. Lawrence Thomas Edward (T. E.) Lawrence CB DSO was a British scholar, writer and military leader who played a key role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman…
The Special Operations Executive: A Secret History of WW2
SOE and OSS Jedburghs in front of B-24 prior to departure just before night at Area T, Harrington Airdrome, England, c. 1944. Photo: Office of Strategic Services. During the Second…
Three Days of the Condor (1975) movie review
Three Days of the Condor is a gripping and suspenseful political thriller directed by Sydney Pollack, released in 1975. The film is based on the novel “Six Days of the…