Cold War (1945-1989)
'Mercury Rising' Explores The U.S.'s Treacherous Attempts to Control Space
In his new book, Mercury Rising, Jeff Shesol writes about Friendship 7, the United States' first mission to put an astronaut in orbit around the Earth and, more broadly, about how Cold War fears fueled the early days of the space program.
Remembering John Le Carré, British Spy Turned Best-Selling Novelist
Le Carré, who died Dec. 12, worked for MI5 and MI6 early in his career and later drew on that experience in thrillers like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2017.
'The Quiet Americans' Examines Tragic Miscalculations In The CIA's Formative Years
In a new book, author Scott Anderson chronicles the formative years of America's spy agency by focusing on four soldiers who became intelligence agents after World War II.