Jeff Stein Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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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

Enemies: A History of the FBI
Tim Weiner
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
Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice
Michel Paradis
@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
Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence
James Bamford
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
Thursday at Noon: A Middle East Spy Thriller
William F. Brown
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
Six Days of the Condor
James Grady
'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
The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
Douglas London
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
Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy--And the Sister She Betrayed
Jim Popkin
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
Condor: The Short Takes
James Grady
@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
Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the Fbi's Secret Wars
Brett Forrest
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
Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
Calder Walton
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