Ring of Spies
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
The first book to reveal how MI5 helped to expose a Nazi spy ring operating in America in the run-up to the Second World War
Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri Livres
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones explore les recoins sombres et controversés de l'histoire américaine, se concentrant particulièrement sur les opérations de renseignement et la contre-espionnage. Son travail aborde souvent des périodes de vives tensions internationales, révélant comment les agences d'État agissaient en coulisses pour façonner les événements. Jeffreys-Jones examine l'utilisation des services de renseignement pour la propagande et la suppression des menaces perçues, dévoilant des réseaux complexes d'intrigues. Il allie une recherche historique rigoureuse à une narration captivante qui plonge les lecteurs dans le monde clandestin de l'espionnage et de son impact.
The Nazi Spy Ring in America
Hitler's Agents, the Fbi, and the Case That Stirred the Nation
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Set in the mid-1930s, the narrative explores Nazi Germany's covert espionage efforts in the United States as the country adopted a neutral stance. It details Hitler's strategic attempts to influence American politics through anti-Semitic propaganda, the theft of military technology, and the mapping of U.S. defenses, highlighting the tensions and threats faced by the nation during this tumultuous period.
In the CIA's 75th birthday year, veteran intelligence historian Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones presents a history of the Agency from its foundation in the early days of the Cold War, through the Bay of Pigs fiasco of 1961, its role in the war in the 1970s, the part it played in the collapse of Soviet Communism in the late 1980s and the existential crisis of the 1990s that followed, to the new role it has taken on in the war on terror since 2001. A thoughful and balanced counterpoint to both celebratory and hostile accounts, A Question of Standing argues that the Agency's original and continuing purpose was not just the delivery of intelligence, but its delivery in a manner that commanded attention. To achieve that goal, the CIA had to be in good standing. It is never helpful to convey the truth if nobody respects you enough to listen.