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    SpyCast

    SpyCast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum, is a journey into the shadows of international espionage. Each week, host Sasha Ingber brings you the latest insights and intriguing tales from spies, secret agents, and covert communicators, with a focus on how this secret world reaches us all in our everyday lives. Tune in to discover the critical role intelligence has played throughout history and today. Brought to you from Airwave, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum. 

    The Spy Museum does not endorse, approve, or support the opinions stated by guest speakers. Statements made by speakers do not represent the position or opinion of the International Spy Museum.

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    “Indian Intelligence & Cyber” – A Conversation with Sameer Patil, ORF Mumbai Apr 04, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Sameer Patil (Twitter; Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss intelligence and cybersecurity in the world’s most populous nation. He formerly worked in the NSC Secretariat in the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi.


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • Cybersecurity in the world’s largest democracy
    • The breakdown of India’s intelligence agencies
    • Cybersecurity among the world’s second largest internet user base
    • India’s relationships with China and Pakistan


    Reflections

    • Imperial legacies
    • Borders of the mind


    Guest Bio

    Sameer Patil is a senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, where he is an expert on the intersection between cybersecurity, counterterrorism, and national security. Previously, he served as the Assistant Director of the National Security Council Secretariat at the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi. He has a PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and is the author of the 2022 book Securing India in the Cyber Era.


    Quote of the Week

    "So, it's a very unique relationship because if you see both the countries, uh, in a sense emerged as modern nation states at around the same time. India attended independence in 1947 the Chinese Communist party emerged victory years from a protracted civil war. In 1949 and. Initial periods of both the countries, as modern nation states were very cordial relationship, very friendly relationship in fact, we had a very populous slogan at that time, which is known as “Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai,” which means India, China, Brothers - Indians and Chinese are brothers together. But by the late 1950s, many of the issues started to unravel." – Sameer Patil.


    Resources

    SURFACE SKIM

    *SpyCasts*

    • “Intelligence & the World’s Largest Democracy” - Indian Spy Chief Vikram Sood (2021)
    • “Afghanistan, the Mujahedeen, Al Qaeda” – My Time at CIA & State with Diana Bolsinger (2021)

    Beginner Resources

    • Cyber War: How Prepared is India? WION (2022) [Video]
    • India’s Rise in Cybersecurity Incidents, The Print (2022) [Video]
    • The Entire History of India in Under 10 Minutes, Made in History (2022) [Video]
    • Cybersecurity in 7 Minutes, Simplilearn (2021) [Video]
    • India Profile: Timeline, BBC (2019) [Article]
    • The Indus Valley Civilization, J. Green, PBS (n.d.) [Video]

    DEEPER DIVE

    *Featured Resource*

    • Securing India in the Cyber Era, S. Patil (Routledge, 2022)

    *Wildcard Resource(s)*

    • “The James Bond of India”
    • Real-life spy Ajit Doval who spent years undercover in Pakistan
    • He is currently the National Security Advisor of India!

    “Secrets Revealed” – Curators Alexis and Andrew on SPY’s Pop-Up Exhibit Mar 28, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Dr. Alexis Albion (LinkedIn, Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss amazing artifacts with amazing stories from SPY’s newest pop-up exhibit: “Secrets Revealed: Highlights from the Grant Verstandig Collection.”


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • Casablanca’s spy connection
    • Lasting effects of the Rosenberg trial
    • Women in Intelligence
    • WWII covert operations

    Reflections

    • What makes a story timeless?
    • The human dimension of history

    And much, much more …


    Quote of the Week

    “To us, that might be the Rosenbergs – These sort of incredible historic figures from the Cold War Intelligence. But to Mike Meeropol, it's his mom and dad. So, I think it's a really human story as well. This letter makes recommendations about their sentencing, about life and death, and again, for me it evokes that really human dimension about whether or not this mother might have lived.” – Dr. Alexis Albion.


    Resources

    *SpyCasts*

    • Hitler’s Trojan Horse – Nazi Intelligence with Nigel West (2023)
    • Honey Trapped: Sex, Betrayal & Love – with Henry Schlesinger (2022)
    • Amazon to Darien, Atlantic to Pacific – Intelligence in Colombia with former Head of its Navy Admiral Hernando Wills (2022)
    • My Life Looking at Spies &the Media with Paul Lashmar (2021)


    *Beginner Resources*

    • Soviet Spy Scandal: Who Were the Rosenbergs?, L. Davidson, HistoryHit (2022) [Article]
    • Casablanca in 2 Minutes, YouTube (2019) [Video]
    • Who was the real Mata Hari?, N. Barber, BBC Culture (2017) [Article]
    • How D-Day Was Fought From The Sea, Imperial War Museum (n.d.) [Article]


    *Artifacts Discussed*

    • Mata Hari Pencil Sketch (ca. 1905)
    • German Bombing Map, WWII (1941)
    • Victor Lazlos Prop Passport (ca. 1942)
    • The Neptune Monograph (ca. 1944)
    • J. Edgar Hoover Letter, FBI (1951)


    *Primary Resources*

    • Letter from Sophie Rosenberg to Mamie Eisenhower, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953)
    • Letter from Clyde Miller to Dwight Eisenhower Urging Clemency for the Rosenbergs, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953)
    • Response from Dwight Eisenhower to Clyde Miller, Eisenhower Presidential Library (1953)
    • The Clydebank Blitz, National Records of Scotland (1941)


    *Wildcard Resource(s)*

    • The classic quote from Casablanca, “Here’s looking at you, kid” is ranked #4 on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Movie Quotes. In fact, four quotes from the movie made it onto the list – Can you guess what the others are?

    "Israeli Military Intelligence" – with IDF Brig. General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser Mar 21, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Yossi Kuperwasser (Twitter; Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the Israeli intelligence community. Yossi is the former head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence.


    *FULL SHOWNOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE*


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • The layout of Israeli intelligence
    • The First and Second Intifadas
    • Israel’s complicated position in the Middle East
    • Relationship between Israeli and American ICs

    Reflections

    • Intelligence as a learning process
    • The importance and difficulty of trust

    And much, much more …


    *FULL SHOWNOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE*



    Quote of the Week

    “That's the problem of intelligence - It's an ongoing learning process. And if you don't learn all the time to enable you to adjust to the developing situation, you are going to fail.” – Yossi Kuperwasser.

    Resources

    *SpyCasts*

    • The Counterterrorism and Counter WMD Strategist with Dexter Ingram (2022)
    • Son of Hamas, Spy for Israel with Mosab Hassan Yousef and Gonen Ben Yitzhak (2010)
    • Israeli Intelligence and the Jonathan Pollard Spy Case with Ron Olive (2007)

    *Beginner Resources*

    • History of Israel, Encyclopedia Britannica [encyclopedia entry]
    • What you need to know about the 1987 Intifada, PBS (2019) [article]
    • The Oslo Accords, 25 Years Later, Washington Post (2018) [video]
    • 1967 War: Six Days that Changed the Middle East, J. Bowen, BBC (2017) [article]
    • The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Brief, Simple History, Vox (2016) [video]

    *Wildcard Resource(s)*

    • The Little Drummer Girl – A fictional novel about a double agent working for the Israelis, written by famed spy author John le Carré in 1983.


    *FULL SHOWNOTES & FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE*


    "Hitler’s Trojan Horse” – Nazi Intelligence with Nigel West Mar 14, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Nigel West (Wikipedia) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss Germany’s military intelligence service during WWII, the Abwehr. Nigel is known as the expert’s expert on spy history.


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • The rise and fall of the Abwehr
    • The 20th of July plot to kill Hitler & Operation Valkyrie
    • How effective German intelligence was during WWII
    • How “Nazi” the Abwehr was

    Reflections

    • The search for truth across generations
    • The power of historical documents


    EXTENDED SHOW NOTES HERE!


    Quote of the Week

    “The Germans were ruthless. They had really good intelligence on all the bridges. They knew exactly what had to be captured in advance. The bridges would then be held, so as to allow the tanks over, and the tanks wouldn't wait to attack strong points. They would just go directly ahead in order to achieve their objectives.” – Nigel West.

    Glossary

    • Abwehr: Germany’s military intelligence service from 1920-1945, serving both the Riechswehr and Wehrmacht. Translates to “defense.”
    • Reichswehr: The name for German armed forces from 1919-1935, under the Weimar Republic and first two years of the Third Reich. Per the Treaty of Versailles, the Reichswehr was very limited in arms and personnel. Translates to “Reich Defence.”
    • Wehrmacht: The name for German Armed Forces from 1935-1945 under Nazi Germany. The heavily militarized and manned Wehrmacht illustrated Hitler’s intentions to expand Germany. Translates to “Defense Force.”
    • Sicherheitsdienst: The intelligence agency of the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Translates to “Security Service.”
    • Gestapo: Nazi Germany’s political police force. Notorious for their brutality and representation of Nazi authoritarianism. Full name Geheime Staatspolizei, translating to “Secret State Police.”

    EXTENDED SHOW NOTES HERE!


    Resources

    SURFACE SKIM

    Featured Resource(s)

    • Hitler’s Nest of Vipers: The Rise of the Abwehr, N. West (Frontline, 2022)
    • Hitler's Trojan Horse: The Fall of the Abwehr, N. West (Frontline, 2023)

    *SpyCasts*

    • Nazis on the Potomac – with former National Park Service Chief Historian Bob Sutton (2022)
    • A Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany – 101-Year-Old Marthe Cohn’s Incredible True Story (2021)

    *Beginner Resources*

    • July Plot, Britannica (2023) [encyclopedia entry)
    • From War to War in Europe: 1919-1939, National WW11 Museum (2018) [Background on Interwar Period]
    • The Treaty of Versailles, What Did the Big Three Want?, YouTube (2016) [3 min. video]
    • German Chief Spy Admiral Canaris, P. Kross, Warfare History Network (2014)
    • Abwehr, A. Lerner, Encyclopedia.com (n.d.)


    EXTENDED SHOW NOTES HERE!


    “Espionage and the Metaverse” – with Cathy Hackl Mar 07, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Cathy Hackl (Twitter, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the potential implications of the metaverse on intelligence. Cathy has been called the “Godmother of the Metaverse.”


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • What the metaverse is
    • Security and counterintelligence in a virtual world
    • Futurism within intelligence agencies
    • Potential risks and consequences of the metaverse

    Reflections

    • How virtual spaces can affect our physical world
    • The necessity to evolve alongside technology

    And much, much more …


    Episode Notes

    The web will continue to evolve and change with time, but what’s coming next? And how will this evolution affect the ways that intelligence organizations around the world conduct their operations?

    This week on SpyCast, Cathy Hackl joins Andrew to explain what the metaverse is, what we can expect from living in this new virtual world, and how intelligence agencies can begin planning for the Web 3 future. Cathy Hackl has been dubbed the “Godmother of the Metaverse”


    Resources

    Featured Resource

    • Into the Metaverse: The Essential Guide to the Business Opportunities of the Web3 Era, Cathy Hackl (Bloomsbury, 2023)
    • Metaverse Marketing [Cathy’s podcast]


    *Beginner Resources*

    • What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?, Wired (2022) [Article]
    • Web 3.0 Explained In 5 Minutes, YouTube (2022) [5 min. Video]
    • 12 new tech terms you need to understand the future, R. Gray, BBC (2018)


    *SpyCasts*

    • How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Spy Game – with Mike Susong (2022)
    • Trafficking Data: The Digital Struggle with China -- with Aynne Kokas (2022)
    • The FBI & Cyber – with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran (Part 1 of 2)
    • The FBI & Cyber – with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran (Part 2 of 2)


    *Wildcard Resource*

    • Watch the world’s first metaverse music video, Snoop Dogg’s “House I Built,” here!

    Ukraine & Intelligence: One Year on – with Shane Harris Feb 28, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Shane Harris (Twitter, LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the role of intelligence in the Ukraine conflict one year after it began. Shane reports on intelligence for the Washington Post and is the author of two books.


    What You’ll Learn


    Intelligence


    • Where we are with the war in Ukraine

    • The role intelligence agencies are playing in the conflict

    • The leadership of Zelensky and Putin

    • What it’s like to report on spies

    • Dealing with sources inside the intelligence agencies


    Reflections


    • The tenacity of the Ukrainian people and army

    • History as both repetitive and unpredictable


    Episode Notes

    This week on SpyCast, Shane Harris of The Washington Post joins Andrew to reflect on the previous year and discuss the role of intelligence within the war in Ukraine. He has been writing about these issues for more than two decades, including a period with the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of two books, The Watchers, on the rise of surveillance in the US, and @War, on the rise of the military-internet complex. He was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2021.


    Quote of the Week

    “At the outset, [I] believed that what we were looking at was probably a pretty swift Russian victory … They would come in, they would decapitate the central government in Kiev in the first 72 hours, and it would be bloody, and it would be violent, but that Russia would prevail because they were deemed to have the superior military in terms of technology experience numbers. Turns out, all those things were spectacularly wrong.” – Shane Harris.


    Resources

    *SpyCasts*



    • How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Spy Game with Mike Susong (2023)


    • Dealing with Russia A Conversation with Counterintelligence Legend Jim Olson (2022)


    • Becoming a Russian Intelligence Officer with Janosh Neumann (2022)


    • The Information Battlespace: Foreign Denial and Deception with Bill Parquette (2022)


    *Beginner Resources*



    • Has Putin's war failed and what does Russia want?, P. Kirby, BBC (2023)


    • A Brief History of Modern Ukraine, BBC (2022) [YouTube video]


    • Russia-Ukraine Relations in 60 Seconds, CBC News (2022)


    “The Espionage News Cycle” – A Conversation with SPY’s Aliza Bran Feb 21, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Aliza Bran (LinkedIn, Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss her role as Media Relations Manager at the International Spy Museum. Aliza is a D.C. native and graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • The media and intelligence
    • International Spy Museum Artifacts
    • Espionage fact vs. fiction
    • The history of The International Spy Museum

    Reflections

    • Creativity & Ingenuity
    • Growing up in the DMV

    And much, much more …


    Episode Notes

    Aliza Bran’s passion and excitement for the world of SPY is contagious. Around the office of the International Spy Museum, Aliza is known for her cheerful demeanor, quick wit, and intensely creative mind. She’s been working at SPY for six years now, four of those years as our Media Relations Manager.

    How does Aliza navigate the ever-changing media landscape and represent the International Spy Museum on this worldwide stage? What are Aliza’s favorite memories, artifacts, and exhibits from SPY? What makes her love this work so much, and what skills do you need to build a career in media relations? Tune in to find out.

    And…

    Aliza has been particularly busy these past few weeks covering the news surrounding the Chinese Spy Balloon. For a taste of Aliza’s work, find articles and video on the subject that she orchestrated here, here, here, and here.


    Quote of the Week

    “Part of it for me is knowing that we live in a very polarized world right now and I want to have a sense of our full audience, which is everyone. So I'm going to look at stories, places that aren't natural fits for where I tend to go. Because if people go there to read the news, I want to know what they're reading, I want to know what interests them. I want to know what people are excited about, worried about, looking at.” – Aliza Bran.


    Resources

    *SpyCasts*

    • My Life Looking at Spies & the Media with Paul Lashmar (2021)

    *Beginner Resources*

    • What is Media Relations?, Nancy Shenker, ClearVoice (2021) [Blog Post]
    • Paid vs. Owned vs. Earned Media: What's the Difference?, Indeed (2021) [Article]

    Books

    • The Good Assassin, S. Talty (Mariner, 2020)
    • The Alice Network, K. Quinn (William Morrow, 2017)

    Articles

    • Deadly Women, Dirty Laundry, and a Shootout With The IRA, Reaper Feed (2020)

    Video

    • Former CIA Operative Explains How Spies Use Disguises, WIRED (2019)
    • Meet a Former CIA Chief of Disguise, Atlas Obscura (2020)
    • Alias, ABC (2001-2006)

    Artifacts from SPY’s Collection

    • Scrotum Concealment
    • Aston Martin DB5
    • Iron Concealment Device

    *Wildcard Resource*

    • Check out the Refinery29 article that features Aliza’s SPY expertise applied to the collection and analysis of Taylor Swift-related intelligence.

    “The Counterintelligence Chief” – with FBI Assistant Director Alan Kohler Feb 14, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Alan Kohler joins Andrew to discuss the FBI’s counterintelligence division. He is a recipient of the FBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation.

    ***FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE HERE***


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence


    • Counterintelligence vs. Counterespionage

    • How the FBI recruit’s foreign agents

    • Ideological motivations behind spying

    • Effect of technology on counterintelligence

    Reflections


    • Staying grounded under pressure

    • The value of creativity


    Notes

    Alan Kohler (LinkedIn, Website) has been the FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence since 2020. Alan and Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) talk all things counterintelligence.


    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE***


    *SpyCasts*



    • The FBI & Cyber with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 1 (2022)


    • The FBI & Cyber with Cyber Division Chief Bryan Vorndran, Part 2 (2022)


    • My Global Career as a Female FBI Agent with Kathy Stearman (2021)


    • The FBI Way with Counterintelligence Spy Chief Frank Figliuzzi (2021)


    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE***


    *Beginner Resources*



    • What We Investigate, FBI (n.d.) [webpage]


    • FAQ’S, FBI (n.d.) [webpage]


    • US Opens Counterintelligence Investigation into China Every 12 Hours (Dir. Wray), MSNBC (2022) [video]


    • What We Know About China’s Spy Agency, Bloomberg Originals (2019) [video]


    • Hollow Nickel/Rudolf Abel, FBI (n.d.) [Article]


    • NCSC Mission, Vision, and Goals, ODNI (n.d.) [Website]


    Glossary:



    • Counterintelligence: Information gathered, and activities conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage or other intelligence activities


    • FBI Attaché: a special agent assigned to a U.S. embassy or consulate overseas to liaise with local law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They pursue terrorist, intelligence, and criminal threats with international dimensions.


    • Occam’s Razor: a rule of thumb theory that states when you are faced with competing explanations for the same phenomenon, the simplest one is probably the correct one. Attributed to William of Ockham, a 14th century English theologian.


    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE***


    "How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Spy Game" – with Mike Susong Feb 07, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Mike Susong joins Andrew to discuss the impact and potential of AI on the intelligence field. Mike is a former CIA case officer who now oversees global intelligence for a risk management company.

    ***FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE HERE!***


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • What AI is and why it matters
    • How the Intelligence Community is using AI
    • The pros and cons of AI for case officers in the field
    • Ukraine - intersections between AI and OSINT
    • AI in Alan Turing’s Imitation Game

    Reflections

    • Replicants, machines and robots
    • Will humans become obsolete?


    Notes

    Mike Susong (Website, LinkedIn) is an expert in the growing field of artificial intelligence. He joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss.

    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE!***


    *SpyCasts*

    • From the CIA to Strategic Cyber -- with Hans Holmer (2022)
    • So, I Design Board Games for the CIA... - with Volko Ruhnke (2022)
    • CIA Case Officer, Cyber Entrepreneur, Burning Man Volunteer – with Mike Susong (Part 1 of 2, 2022)
    • CIA Case Officer, Cyber Entrepreneur, Burning Man Volunteer – with Mike Susong (Part 2 of 2, 2002)
    • The Cyber Zeitgeist – with Cyberwire Host Dave Bittner (2021)


    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE!***


    *Beginner Resources*

    • Machine Leaning: Explain it to me Like I’m 5 Years Old, Bob Deprizio, Medium (2020)
    • What is AI (Artificial Intelligence)?, Youtube (2019) [2 min. video]
    • Singularity: Explain it to me Like I’m 5 Years Old, Roey Tzezana, Futurism (2017) [Article]
    • Alan Turing: The experiment that shaped artificial intelligence, N. Sharkey, BBC (2012) [Article]


    Glossary:

    • AGI: Artificial General Intelligence. The unrestricted ability of software to learn, understand, & respond to any intellectual task that a human being is capable of.
    • ANI: Artificial Narrow Intelligence. The restricted ability of software to perform a limited subset of intellectual tasks.
    • Deep Learning: a machine learning technique that teaches computers to learn by example, something that comes naturally for human beings.
    • Machine Learning: The field of study interested in building computational systems that can improve their own performance of some task.
    • Natural Language Processing: A field of study that aims to analyze and understand human language communications both spoken and textual.
    • Uncanny Divide: Where people feel a sense of unease or revulsion in response to humanoid robots that are highly realistic.


    ***FULL RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE!***


    "The Lion and the Fox – Civil War Spy vs. Spy" – with Alexander Rose Jan 31, 2023
    Show notes

    Summary

    Alexander Rose (Website; Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss a gripping spy-vs-spy true story from the U.S. Civil War. He wrote the book that was the inspiration behind the hit TV-series TURN.


    What You’ll Learn

    Intelligence

    • The secret plot to build a Confederate Navy
    • Why Liverpool was so important to both the North and the South
    • How Civil War espionage played out in Great Britain
    • The high-level spy the South had in the British Foreign Office

    Reflections

    • The birth of the Atlantic World
    • The malleability of public opinion

    And much, much more …


    Episode Notes

    Liverpool. The city of the Beatles. The home of Liverpool F.C., winner of six European Cups. Did you know that there – thousands of miles away from the bloody battlefields of Fredericksburg, Shiloh, and Gettysburg – the U.S. Civil War played out?

    In fact, it was a key part of the strategies of both the North and the South since at that time it produced more ships than every other dockyard in the world combined. The North wanted to choke off the South, with the help of spies; but the South wanted to build a navy, with the help of spies. Who would prevail? This is the story of spy-vs-spy, North vs South, and Thomas Dudley vs James Bulloch.

    And…

    If this spy story makes you hungry for more, check out Alex’s historical espionage newsletter, Spionage.


    Quotes of the Week

    “If Dudley hadn't stopped Bulloch, or if Dudley hadn't existed and Bulloch created this massive fleet of blockade runners and had built more commerce raiders … You would've had a many more sinkings of American merchant vessels. You would've had larger inflows of arms and weapons into the South. The biggest change of all would've been that having the sea lanes open like that would've allowed the South to fight on much longer than it actually did.”

    Resources

    SURFACE SKIM

    Andrew’s Recommendation

    • You must watch Ken Burns landmark documentary The Civil War; but, you must also read more recent commentary and critique – there’s even a whole book related to it.

    Headline Resource

    • The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy, A. Rose (Mariner, 2022)

    *Beginner Resources*

    • Civil War: Evolution of Espionage in America, INTEL.gov (n.d.) [digital exhibition]
    • The History of Liverpool, Historic UK (2018) [webpage]
    • Liverpool and the American Civil War, National Museums Liverpool (n.d.) [short article]
    • British Support During the U.S. Civil War, LDHI (n.d.) [digital exhibit]


    DEEP DIVE

    *SpyCasts*

    • George Sharpe and the BMI – Peter Tsouras (2019)
    • Intelligence in the Early Republic – Ken Diagler (2015)
    • The Beginnings of U.S. Overhead Reconnaissance – Jim Green (2014)
    • Intelligence and Espionage in the U.S. Civil War - William Feis (2012)

    Books

    • The Civil War Abroad, J. Priestley (McFarland, 2022)
    • Cotton, Liverpool and the American Civil War, J. Powell, (LUP, 2020)
    • Lincoln’s Spies, D. Waller (S&S, 2019)
    • Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, K. Abbott (Harper, 2015)
    • The Union and Confederate Navies, J. McPherson (University of North Carolina, 2012)
    • The Civil War at Sea, C. Symonds (Oxford, 2012)

    Articles

    • Liverpool, site of last surrender in US Civil War, S. Abdelaziz, CNN (2020)
    • CSS Alabama: Lost and Found, Naval History & Heritage Command (2020)

    Primary Sources

    • The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, J.D. Bulloch (1882)
    • Letter from J.D. Bulloch to General McRae et al (1865)
    • Dudley Introduces Lincoln to a Liverpudlian Union Sympathizer (1863)
    • Dudley’s Concerns About Southern Secession (1860)

    *Wildcard Resource(s)*

    • You know Liverpool as the city of the Beatles. Did you know that The Beatles’ first single “Love Me Do” and James Bond’s debut movie “Dr. No” were released within a month of each other in 1962? And while none of the Beatles went on to become spies themselves, Ringo married Bond girl Barbara Bach in 1980 and Paul was behind the first rock Bond theme song, “Live and Let Die,” in 1973.

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