Spies, Marc Favreau
Spies, Marc Favreau
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Spies
The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia

Author: Marc Favreau

Narrator: Curt Bonnem

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/28/2020

Synopsis

A thrilling account of the Cold War spies and spycraft that changed the course of history, perfect for listeners of Bomb and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler.

The Cold War spanned five decades as America and the USSR engaged in a battle of ideologies with global ramifications. Over the course of the war, with the threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction looming, billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives were devoted to the art and practice of spying, ensuring that the world would never be the same.

Rife with intrigue and filled with fascinating historical figures whose actions shine light on both the past and present, this timely work of narrative nonfiction explores the turbulence of the Cold War through the lens of the men and women who waged it behind closed doors, and helps explain the role secret and clandestine operations have played in America's history and its national security.

About Marc Favreau

Marc Favreau is an executive editor at The New Press. He is the acclaimed author of Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America and coeditor, with Ira Berlin and Steven F. Miller, of Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation and the editor of A People's History of World War II: The World's Most Destructive Conflict, as Told by the People Who Lived Through It. He lives in New York City and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on April 17, 2025

One of the most interesting books i have recently read. I grew up in this era and knew something about KGB and CIA operations. This book provided detail I did not know and tied the Cold War together for me. The pace of the story was excellent and I was not tied down with information I felt i did not......more

Goodreads review by Phil on April 17, 2021

History is not my strong suit. Communism, the Cold War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile crisis -- I know what these things are and have a general sense of what they mean, but if you ask me to provide any sort of details or analysis, I am likely to come up blank. Favreau frames these Cold War even......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 16, 2021

A great introduction to the Cold War through the lens of spycraft. Defectors, spies, double agents, witch hunts, prison breaks, and more: there's plenty of excitement and while it is the case that most players and episodes are given only a brief treatment, the book includes comprehensive endnotes an......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on April 27, 2020

The history of spying during the Cold War between the United States and Russia. The CIA started in 1947 and the KGB was founded in 1954 (ended in 1991). Highlights of notorious and daring spys are chronicled of both the US and Russia. The book provides an overview and doesn't detail missions and onl......more

Goodreads review by Interstellar Cat on April 28, 2021

I had to read this book as part of the literature section of my pentathlon textbook this year, but I just wasn't able to finish it. It could be the whole notion of not being able to read books that are forced upon you for school, or it could just be that I just didn't enjoy it that much. I am not su......more

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