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Spies in History & Literature
Historical spies and literary secret agents have much in common.
In the files below are insights into just how fact meets fiction –
and when it doesn’t. Below are resources for those interested
in the Mossad, what really happened during the McCarthy era, and how
terrorism has been viewed in history and onscreen.
Spies have been used for many years to find people of interest
to the government or other powerful groups of people or individuals. We
will discuss these facts and falicies through interviews with authors and
reviews of classic books, as well as suggestions for further reading.
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The Eli Cohen Files ~
► Al Jazeera World, Eli Cohen: Mossad Agent 88,
August 27, 2020 – Wesley Britton was a significant participant in this
Al Jazeera documentary about Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
► The Story of Israel’s
Most Famous Secret Agent – Behind the Scenes of The
Impossible Spy
► Introduction, by Wes
Britton
► Part 1 – The Roots of Spies – PDF file
► Part 2 – The Making of a Masterspy –
PDF file
► Part 3 – Capture, Trial, and Execution –
PDF file
► Part 4
– Aftermath, Legacy, and Appendices – PDF file
► “Am I My
Brother’s Keeper?”, by Maurice Cohen, as told to
Carla Stockton
► Hebrew Translation of Eli Cohen’s
“Testimony” for the Mossad, Feb. 1957 –
PDF file
► In Loving
Memory of My Friend, Harvey Chertok, by Wes Britton
The Mossad ~
► The Mossad – An Annotated Directory of Online
Sources and Print Articles – Posted at
Spy Wise Blog
► The Mossad and Israeli Intelligence on Screen – A
Filmography – Posted at
Spy Wise Blog
► Before Munich – Black September on TV and
Film – Posted at
Spy Wise Blog
► The Bigamist
Bond – The Behind-the-Scenes Story of The Champagne
Spy
Remember When Interviews ~
► Podcasts airing on Wes Britton’s podcast
channel Remember When include ~
Talking With Experts and Writers ~
- Radio and YouTube Interviews ~
► Behind the Pen, August 9, 2020 –
Wes Britton joined hostess Karina Kantas in an interview with spy novelist
Preston Fleming.
► Erotic Espionage: MI5 vs the
Italian Mob, the Greek Mob, and the Russian Mob – An Interview with
Broken Chains author Karina Kantas
► A
Novelist who Hates Novels – Jonar Nader Unveils the Story
Behind Z – PDF file
► The Wave of the Future May be War
Without End – Q&A with Novelist Duane De Mello
– PDF file
► Sleeper Agents Sure to Keep You Awake –
Q&A with Novelist Michael Pennington – PDF file
► A Spy Novelist By Nature – The Charles Cumming
Interview – Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► Jeremy Duns – Free Agent, by David
Foster – PDF file
► Inside the World
Espionage Bureau – Q&A with WEB Creator
Bill Raetz
► T.H.E. Hill’s
Voices Under Berlin – A Spy Novel That Breaks
All the Molds
► “A Saint I
Ain’t” – Q&A with Ian Dickerson of the Saint
Club
► “The Saint”
in Fact and Fiction – An Interview with Historian and Novelist Burl
Barer
The David S. Black Lectures ~
► Introduction
by Wesley Britton
► The Winding Bumpy Road from Espionage to
Intelligence – PDF file
► Terrorism as an Intelligence Problem – PDF
file
Spies in Fiction and Fact ~
► A Decade in Review – The Best Spy
Literature, 2001-2009, by Craig Arthur, Wesley Britton, Mark T.
Hooker, Amanda Ohlke, Bill Raetz – PDF file
► They Were
Communists for the FBI – The Stories of Matt Cvetic
and Herbert Philbrick
► Defining Terrorism
– A Short History of Fact, Fiction, and Film
► Before Bond, Before Blofeld – The Roots
of “Spy-Fi” – Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► The Dick Thornby
Spy Novels, by Donald J. Bingle
Book Reviews ~
► William Johnson’s Thwarting Enemies at
Home and Abroad – How to Be a Counter-Intelligence
Officer – Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► Jeremy Duns Goes Dark in Free Agent
– Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► Don DeLillo’s Libra –
America’s Best Spy Novel? – Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► Sisters of Mata Hari – Reviews of Books on
Lady Spies – Posted at Spy Wise Blog
► Free Spy Books Online – An Annotated Bibliography
of Ebook Espionage – Posted at
Spy Wise
Blog
► Review – Books on Civil War Spies –
Posted at Spy
Wise Blog
Book Reviews by Mark T. Hooker ~
► An Emerging
Trend in Spy Fiction – Retired James Bonds Become Ian
Flemings
► American “Insider” Spy
Fiction in the Twenty-First Century – Gene Coyle’s
Second Novel – PDF file
► British
“Insider” Spy Fiction in the Twenty-First
Century – Alan Stripp’s Novel The Code
Snatch
► British
“Insider” Spy Fiction in the Twenty-First Century
– Dame Stella Rimington’s Novels
► Spy Fiction
à la Canadienne – The Novels of Adrian de
Hoog
Wes Britton at Other Websites ~
► Review – Karina Kantas, Broken Chains –
Posted at Book
Pleasures
► Review – John le Carré, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories
from My Life – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – John Henry Bennett, Pigs –
Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Preston Fleming, Maid of Baikal: A Novel of
the Russian Civil War – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Sarah Rose, D-Day Girls: The Spies Who
Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win
World War II – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review –
Lynne Olson, Madame Fourcade’s
Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s
Largest Spy Network Against Hitler – Posted at
GoodReads
► Review – Sonia Purnell, A Woman of No Importance:
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War
II – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Terrence McCauley,
A Conspiracy of Ravens – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Koop Kooper, Licardo Prince: An
Accidental Assassin – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Lynn M. Boughey and Peter Earnest, Harry Potter
and the Art of Spying – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – John Devalle, Waiting for the
Deathbringer – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Andy Owen, Invective – Posted
at Book
Pleasures
► Review – Alex Lukeman, White Jade (The Project
Counter-Terrorism Series), Kindle edition – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Alex Lukeman, The Lance: A Novel
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Sapper, Bulldog Drummond,
Unabridged audiobook edition – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Sapper, The Black Gang,
Audiobook – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Sapper, The Third Round, Audiobook,
unabridged – Posted at
BlogCritics
► Review – Nicholas Anderson, NOC: Non-Official
Cover: British Secret Operations – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Peter Borchard, Relentless Pursuit
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Peter Borchard, Diamonds Are But Stone
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Preston Fleming, Dynamite Fisherman
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Preston Fleming, Bride of a Bygone
War, Kindle edition – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Preston Fleming, Star Chamber Brotherhood
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Review – Dave Pearson, Storm – Posted at
Book
Pleasures
► Review – Roger E. Neetz, Embassy Intrigue
– Posted at Book Pleasures
► Espionage
Around the Galaxy – The Spi-Fi of Harry Harrison –
Posted at Leslie Charteris,
under “Features”
► Reel War vs. Real War – Wes Britton Reviews
the New Book I Hear No Bugles – Posted at
CinemaRetro
► The best novels containing the origins of Spy-fi –
Posted at Shepherd
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