Intelligence History

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    • Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI
    • By: Max Bennett
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • A Brief History of Brains bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be....

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    • By: Christopher Andrew
    • Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
    • Length: 36 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 28-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 374 ratings
    • The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten....

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    • The Memoir of an SOE Agent in World War Two
    • By: David Smiley
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In 1940 Winston Churchill established the Special Operations Executive to "set Europe ablaze". Three years later David Smiley and Billy McLean were parachuted into Northern Greece and crossed the border into Albania to do just that....

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    • By: John Hughes-Wilson
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • A frightening study of intelligence failings in warfare from the Second World War to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and their impact on events. Here is the insider's view from a former professional intelligence officer....

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    • A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    • By: Yuval Noah Harari
    • Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 10-09-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 365 ratings
    • The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Sapiens....

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    • The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
    • By: Mark Urban
    • Narrated by: Mark Urban
    • Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-25
    • Language: English
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    • Starting in 1969, Mark Urban reveals the extraordinary history of the special forces' operations in Northern Ireland and the unenviable dilemmas faced by intelligence chiefs engaged in a daily struggle against one of the world's most sophisticated terrorist organisations.

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    • Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
    • By: Matti Friedman
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff - but it's all true....

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    • The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia
    • By: Paul L. Williams
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 21-04-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • In this disturbing exposé, journalist Paul L. Williams describes a secret alliance forged at the close of World War II by the CIA, the Sicilian and US mafias, and the Vatican....

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    • A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two
    • By: Helen Fry
    • Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
    • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 189 ratings
    • A thrilling history of MI9 - the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines....

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    • Startling Cold War Revelations of a Soviet KGB Chief
    • By: Tennent H. Bagley
    • Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • From the dark days of World War II through the Cold War, Sergey A. Kondrashev was a major player in Russia’s notorious KGB espionage apparatus....

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    • Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
    • By: James Bamford
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 29 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 24-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The National Security Agency is the world's most powerful, most far-reaching espionage organization. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of 9/11....

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    • A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War
    • By: Duane Evans
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 28-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans' gripping memoir tracks his efforts to join one of CIA's elite teams bound for Afghanistan, a journey that eventually takes him to the front lines in Pakistan....

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    • The Hidden History of Two World Wars
    • By: Helen Fry
    • Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
    • Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 30-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, Women in Intelligence reveals their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century....

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    • Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics
    • By: Ben Buchanan
    • Narrated by: Christopher Grove
    • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 30-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
    • Packed with insider information based on interviews, declassified files, and forensic analysis of company reports, The Hacker and the State sets aside fantasies of cyber-annihilation to explore the real geopolitical competition of the digital age....

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    • My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK
    • By: Mark Lane
    • Narrated by: Mark Boyett
    • Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 28-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
    • The last word on the JFK assassination by the New York Times best-selling author and JFK historian.....

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    • What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving and Creativity
    • By: Robert Hannigan
    • Narrated by: Robert Hannigan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 23-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Written by Robert Hannigan, the former Director of GCHQ, this book explores the role of the counter-intelligence services in history and today’s world – from the codebreakers and problem solvers, to innovation and creativity, secrecy and transparency and the global tech community.

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    • The History and Future of American Intelligence
    • By: Amy B. Zegart
    • Narrated by: Amy B. Zegart
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology....

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    • The Documented Truth About the Unknown Relationship Between the U.S. Government and the Alleged Killer of JFK
    • By: John Newman
    • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
    • Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • om the acclaimed author of JFK and Vietnam comes a book that uncovers the government's role in the Kennedy assassination more clearly than any previous inquiry. What was the extent of the CIA's involvement with Lee Harvey Oswald?

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