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Counterintelligence: Cold War

Counterintelligence can be described as activities designed to prevent or thwart spying, intelligence gathering, and sabotage by an enemy or other foreign entity. This guide provides books, articles, reports, websites, and videos on the subject.

Books

The Atom Bomb Spies by H. Montgomery Hyde
Call Number: UB271.R9 H9 1980
ISBN: 0689110758
Publication Date: 1980-10-01
The Atom Spies by Oliver Pilat
Call Number: HD9698.A28 P5
Publication Date: 1952
Cassidy's Run by David Wise
ISBN: 9780375501531
Publication Date: 2000-03-07
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Chasing Spies by Athan G. Theoharis
Call Number: UB251.U5 T44 2002
ISBN: 1566634202
Publication Date: 2002-01-21
The CIA and the Cold War by Scott D. Breckinridge
Call Number: JK468.I6 B738 1993
ISBN: 0275945472
Publication Date: 1993-07-20
Cold War Long Island by Christopher Verga; Karl Grossman
ISBN: 9781467148573
Publication Date: 2021-10-11
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The Cold War Pocket Manual by Philip Parker
Call Number: D843 .C5773224 2015
ISBN: 9781910860021
Publication Date: 2015-12-08
Cold Warrior by Tom Mangold
Call Number: E839.8.A69 M36 1991
ISBN: 0671662732
Publication Date: 1991-06-15
A Counterintelligence Reader, Volume Iii by Frank J. Frank J. Rafalko (Editor); National Counterintelligence Center
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9781780395371
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Covert City by Vince Houghton; Eric Driggs
ISBN: 9781541774575
Publication Date: 2024-04-23
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Daughter of Deceit by Laura Walker; Jerry Horner
ISBN: 9780849906596
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
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Early Cold War Spies by Harvey Klehr; John Earl Haynes
ISBN: 9780521674072
Publication Date: 2006-08-28
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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard C. S. Trahair
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 0313319553
Publication Date: 2004-09-30
Fool's Mate by John Whiteside
ISBN: 9781493597055
Publication Date: 2014-01-15
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Historical Dictionary of Cold War Counterintelligence by Nigel West
ISBN: 9780810857704
Publication Date: 2007-01-26
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My Life as a Spy by John A. Walker
ISBN: 9781591026594
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
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Secret Agents by Marjorie B. Garber (Editor); Rebecca Walkowitz (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415911191
Publication Date: 1995-09-21
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Secrets of the Cold War by Leland McCaslin
Call Number: UB251.U5 M48 2010
ISBN: 9781906033910
Publication Date: 2010-10-19
Shattered Illusions: KGB Cold War Espionage in Canada by Donald G Mahar
ISBN: 1442269154
Publication Date: 2017
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Spies Without Cloaks by Amy Knight
Call Number: HV8227.2.A3 K59 1996
ISBN: 0691025770
Publication Date: 1996-05-05
The Spy in Moscow Station by Eric Haseltine; Michael V. Hayden (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781250301161
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
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Spy Trader by Craig R. Whitney
Call Number: DD287.7.V64 W48 1993B
ISBN: 0812924614
Publication Date: 1994-08-23
The Spy Who Saved the World by Jerrold L. Schecter; Peter Deriabin
Call Number: DK266.3 .S365 1992
ISBN: 0684190680
Publication Date: 1992-04-01
Three Minutes to Doomsday by Joe Navarro
Call Number: UB271 .R92 R36 2017
ISBN: 9781501128271
Publication Date: 2017-04-18
The Traitors by Alan Moorehead
Call Number: HD9698.A28 M6 1963
Publication Date: 1963
Traitors among Us by Stuart A. Herrington
Call Number: UB271.U5 H47 1999
ISBN: 0891416773
Publication Date: 1999-05-04
We Are Your Sons by Michael Meeropol; Robert Meeropol
Call Number: HX84.R6 M43
ISBN: 0395205522
Publication Date: 1975-05-01

Articles/Reports

"Venona": The British Dimension
West, Nigel. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 17, iss. 1, 2002.
Blond Queens, Red Spiders, and Neurotic Old Maids: Gender and Espionage in the Early Cold War
Olmsted, Kathryn S. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 19, iss. 1, 2004.
Breaking Unbreakable Ciphers. The Asen Georgiyev Spy Case
Bury, Jan. Cryptologia. Vol. 33, iss. 1, 2009.
British Spies Were Compromised by FBI Traitor Hanssen
Bennetto, Jason; Buncombe, Andrew. The Independent. 10 May 2002.
Cold War Alchemy: How America, Britain and Canada Transformed Espionage into Subversion
Whitaker, Reg. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 15, iss. 2, 2000.
Cold War Justice: The Supreme Court and the Rosenbergs
Parrish, Michael E. American Historical Review. Vol. 82, iss. 4, 1977.
Cold War Spies: Why They Spied and How They Got Caught
Taylor, Stan A.; Snow, Daniel. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 12, iss. 2, 1997.
Counter-Intelligence: Cold-War Criticism and Eighteenth-Century Studies
Epstein, William H. ELH, Vol. 57, no. 1, 1990.
Doubles Troubles: The CIA and Double Agents During the Cold War
Fischer, Benjamin B. International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 29, iss. 1, 2015.
East German Espionage in the Era of Détente
Gieseke, Jens. Journal of Strategic Studies. Vol. 31, iss. 3, 2008.
Finding Needles in a Haystack: The Eastern Bloc's Counterintelligence Capabilities
Bury, Jan. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. Vol. 25, iss. 4, 2012.
Ghosts of the Spy Wars: A Personal Reminder to Interested Parties
Bagley, Tennent H. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. Vol. 28, iss. 1, 2015.
Joe Navarro, Agent Provocateur
Estroff Marano, Hara. Psychology Today. Vol 50, iss.2, 2017.
The Pluperfect Spy
Duffy, Brian. U.S. News & World Report. Vol. 127, iss. 15, 1999.
Rafael Quintero, Cold War Warrior: From the Bay of Pigs to Iran—Contra
Bohning, Don. International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 21, iss. 4, 2008.
The Spies Dilemma: A Cold War Case Study on East German Espionage
Byford, Jeffrey M. The Social Studies. Vol. 104, iss. 4, 2013.
Spies Who Might Have Been: Canada and the Myth of Cold War Counterintelligence
Whitaker, Reg. Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 12, iss. 4, 1997.

Online Resources

An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for the U.S. Intelligence
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence. 01 Nov 1994.
Counterintelligence in the Cold War and Beyond
National Museum of the US Air Force. 1 Jun 2015.
Former Navy Man is Charged as Spy
New York Times. 11 Jan 1989.
How Long Island Became a Hotbed of Espionage During the Cold War
Farley, Todd. New York Post. 16 Oct 2021.
Man is Arrested in Virginia on Espionage Charges
Molotsky, Irvin. New York Times. 15 Oct 1989.
Red Spies in the UN
Carpozi, Pierre J.; Huss, George. 1965.
A Review of the FBI's Performance in Deterring, Detecting, and Investigating the Espionage Activities of Robert Hanssen
Office of the Inspector General. 14 Aug 2003.
Robert Philip Hanssen Espionage Case
FBI. Famous Cases.
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold War: Intelligence and International Law
Chesterman, Simon. Michigan Journal of International Law. Vol. 27, iss. 4, 2006.
The Spy Who Started the Cold War
Dickey, Christopher. Daily Beast. 11 May 2019.

Video-- The Silent Front: Spies and Secrets of the Cold War