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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:#SpymastersPodcast #CIA #ColdWar #Espionage #CharlieEnglish #BannedBooks #IronCurtain #IntelligenceHistory #SpyBooks #SecretOperations
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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:#SpymastersPodcast #CIA #ColdWar #Espionage #CharlieEnglish #BannedBooks #IronCurtain #IntelligenceHistory #SpyBooks #SecretOperations
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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