Writer and journalist Antonia Senior interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more - delving in to fact and fiction, past and present.
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Writer and journalist Antonia Senior interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more - delving in to fact and fiction, past and present.
Summary:
In this episode of The Spymasters Podcast, host Antonia Senior is joined by journalist and author Charlie English to discuss his latest book, The CIA Book Club. They dive into the incredible Cold War operation where the CIA secretly distributed banned books behind the Iron Curtain, undermining Soviet censorship and ideological control. Charlie shares gripping stories from his research, the broader impact of literature as a weapon, and how the written word shaped Cold War intelligence battles.
Topics Covered:
How the CIA used books to fight the Cold War
The role of underground literature in Poland and beyond
Soviet censorship and ideological control
Real-life espionage stories behind intelligence operations
The intersection of journalism, history, and spycraft
Tags:
#SpymastersPodcast #CIA #ColdWar #Espionage #CharlieEnglish #BannedBooks #IronCurtain #IntelligenceHistory #SpyBooks #SecretOperations
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SpyMasters
Writer and journalist Antonia Senior interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more - delving in to fact and fiction, past and present.
