anyone watching it? it’s surprisingly filling. I’ve studied a lot of this so it’s not new to me but I’ll watch it again. Covers the Cold War full and in detail better than anything I’ve seen up to date.
one detail I hadn’t spent much time on; from 46 to 53 we dropped covert operators and equipment money and supplies in Ukraine to try to feed a growing anti Soviet movement post WW2. each and every drop was found out within 48 hours. Kim Philby was MI6’s attaché with OSS/CIA back then, he gave them up each time. that ****er was allowed to live even after he was found out. major mistake leaving that door open.
I’d like to see a deeper dive in the U.S. vs Soviet intel/covert ops/conflicts in Central America as well as Central Africa, from the 50s - 80s. I was in high school for a lot of this, saw a few retired cia speakers in college who told stories that made the hair on my neck stand up.
one detail I hadn’t spent much time on; from 46 to 53 we dropped covert operators and equipment money and supplies in Ukraine to try to feed a growing anti Soviet movement post WW2. each and every drop was found out within 48 hours. Kim Philby was MI6’s attaché with OSS/CIA back then, he gave them up each time. that ****er was allowed to live even after he was found out. major mistake leaving that door open.
I’d like to see a deeper dive in the U.S. vs Soviet intel/covert ops/conflicts in Central America as well as Central Africa, from the 50s - 80s. I was in high school for a lot of this, saw a few retired cia speakers in college who told stories that made the hair on my neck stand up.
