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Jeff Stein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Longtime DC intel scribe--Newsweek, WaPo, CQ, UPI, magazines, books. Founding Editor, https://t.co/YO34WSHJrc. Podcast: https://t.co/D0oyIJgXc5

10 books
Book Cover for: Enemies: A History of the FBI, Tim Weiner

Enemies: A History of the FBI

Tim Weiner
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

Tim Weiner’s latest terrific Whirlwind podcast unravels the DNA of Kremlin disinformation policies, in which it has long lied to its people, its enemies and the world—and now itself, in the war Ukraine. ⁦@Folly_and_Glory⁩ https://t.co/cumdPvjyvZ

Paperback, 2013

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice, Michel Paradis

Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice

Michel Paradis
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

@kevinjonheller @PradhanAlka “Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice,” by Michel Paradis, centers on the prosecution and conviction of Japanese officers for the crime of water boarding US POWs. https://t.co/svsSLgQPCv

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence, James Bamford

Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence

James Bamford
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

The McGonigal scandal is just another chapter in a pathetic history of outrageous security lapses at the FBI, CIA & NSA, James Bamford, @washauthor of SPYFAIL: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of US Counterintelligence, tells SpyTalk.   https://t.co/ZyVRU9Dyxk

Hardcover, 2023

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Thursday at Noon: A Middle East Spy Thriller, William F. Brown

Thursday at Noon: A Middle East Spy Thriller

William F. Brown
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

Middle East Spy Thriller is a Powerful Debut for Ex-CIA Officer. Glowing review by Heidi Lane for SpyTalk. https://t.co/HYw52T9898

Hardcover, 2023

$36.99$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Six Days of the Condor, James Grady

Six Days of the Condor

James Grady
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

'Six Days of the Condor' author James Grady reminisces about being in Washington as a young student while dark, high level crimes unraveled drop-by-drop, starting 50 years ago this month. Only at SpyTalk @talk_spy https://t.co/eCrgmIBtSg

Paperback, 2016

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence, Douglas London

The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence

Douglas London
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

Out now, 'The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence,’ by ⁦@douglaslondon5⁩, ‘the most devastating insider account of CIA mismanagement in the past half century.’ https://www.spytalk.co/p/the-man-who-loved-spying?r=2hta&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy--And the Sister She Betrayed, Jim Popkin

Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy--And the Sister She Betrayed

Jim Popkin
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

icymi: Code Name Blue Wren' is the astounding story of DIA mole Ana Montes, told by veteran investigative reporter Jim Popkin. Reviewed for SpyTalk by former NPR managing editor and Washington Post special correspondent John Dinges. https://t.co/VQ8unnBqDX #cuba #spies #fbi #nsa

Hardcover, 2023

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Condor: The Short Takes, James Grady

Condor: The Short Takes

James Grady
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

@ChekistMonitor @WWIPhD @CIA ‘according to a Soviet defector's memoir, Condor had inspired the KGB to launch a secret program modeled on Redford's CIA job as James Grady invented it: To sift through books and movies for new and deadly tricks that Langley might want to appropriate.’ https://t.co/qvZU6g2skd

Paperback, 2019

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the Fbi's Secret Wars, Brett Forrest

Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the Fbi's Secret Wars

Brett Forrest
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

https://t.co/b7QSw47AaG. Debut piece for SpyTalk by Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Allen, on ‘Lost Son,’ the sad tale of Billy Reilly by @brett_forrest .

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West, Calder Walton

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton
Jeff SteinJeff Stein

New SpyTalk podcast! @SpyTalker interviews ⁦@Kennedy_School⁩ ‘s @calder_walton⁩ about the surprises in his new book, “Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.” ⁦@talk_spy⁩ https://t.co/qsQOBony0o

Hardcover, 2023

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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