# Cold War Spies

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Category: History
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:15.299Z
Tags: history, cold, war, spies

## Summary

Two superpowers, no direct combat, forty-six years of espionage at unprecedented scale. The Cold War was many things; it was also the golden age of intelligence agencies — the period when "spy" became a profession with civil-service grades. Key sections include: Cold War Spies.; Opening The secret war.; Chapter I 1945: the agencies form.; Chapter II The Cambridge Five.; Chapter III Berlin: the front line.; Chapter IV The atomic intelligence.; Chapter V Defectors east and west.; Chapter VI 1985: the year of the spy.; Chapter VII SIGINT and IMINT.; Chapter VIII The thirteen days..

## Slide Outline

1. Cold War Spies.
2. Opening The secret war.
3. Chapter I 1945: the agencies form.
4. Chapter II The Cambridge Five.
5. Chapter III Berlin: the front line.
6. Chapter IV The atomic intelligence.
7. Chapter V Defectors east and west.
8. Chapter VI 1985: the year of the spy.
9. Chapter VII SIGINT and IMINT.
10. Chapter VIII The thirteen days.
11. Chapter IX Vietnam.
12. Chapter X The surveillance state.
13. Chapter XI The craft.
14. Chapter XII The ghost in the building.
15. Chapter XIII The KGB archive.
16. Chapter XIV The man without a face.
17. Chapter XV Major operations.
18. Chapter XVI The other other side.
19. Chapter XVII The price at home.
20. Chapter XVIII The literature.
21. Chapter XIX Did intelligence change outcomes?
22. Chapter XX 1989-91: the unwinding.
23. Chapter XXI What persists.
24. Chapter XXII What we still do not know.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to know more.
28. Chapter XXVI The argument.
29. Chapter XXVII Five lessons that hold.
30. End of file.

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