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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

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Am only up to page 47 and am now itching to read a good history of the Soviet intelligence service from the NKVD to the KGB. Can anyone recommend anything good?
AJ Jonathan Haslam, "Near and Distant Neighbours: A New History of Soviet Intelligence"

Christopher Andrew & Oleg Gordievsky, "KGB: The Inside Story of It…moreJonathan Haslam, "Near and Distant Neighbours: A New History of Soviet Intelligence"

Christopher Andrew & Oleg Gordievsky, "KGB: The Inside Story of Its Foreign Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev"

Christopher Andrew & Vasili Mitrokhin, "The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB" [though I'm told it's more of a textbook and is very dry]

All of these recommendations come from this guy's Reddit comments https://www.reddit.com/user/k1990(less)
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are alll of this stuff fact checked? because holy moely the CIA is into some really really shady stuff during the cold war, and it seems is quite ruthless sending foreign collaborators on suicide missions
Ryan Scherer In short, yes they were involved in shady shit all around the globe. If you liked Legacy of Ashes, then check out A Great Place to Have a Wear. It's a…moreIn short, yes they were involved in shady shit all around the globe. If you liked Legacy of Ashes, then check out A Great Place to Have a Wear. It's about the CIA's 'secret war' in Laos during the Vietnam War, and essentially created the blueprint for how they were able to push US interests in areas we shouldn't/couldn't be on the record pushing.(less)
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