Listen "British and US Espionage with Michael Smith"
Episode Synopsis
This week's pod features historian and intelligence expert Michael Smith who has written about British and American spy agencies and how they've worked well, and not so well, since the Second World War.
We talk the Russian spy Oleg Penkovsky, the Cambridge Spies, the impact of intelligence on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Falklands and the Iranian Coup of 1953.
Michael Smith Links
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together
The Special Relationship - Aspects of History
Michael on Twitter
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We talk the Russian spy Oleg Penkovsky, the Cambridge Spies, the impact of intelligence on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Falklands and the Iranian Coup of 1953.
Michael Smith Links
The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together
The Special Relationship - Aspects of History
Michael on Twitter
Aspects of History Links
Ollie on Twitter
Aspects of History home - Aspects of History
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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