How the KGB Closed In On Its Most Notorious Double Agent
EXCERPTBen Macintyre’s ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ reveals the astonishing career of Oleg Gordievsky, a second-generation KGB agent who worked for England’s MI6 for years.
Fighting the Nazis From a Hospital Bed
ExcerptDavid Stirling was no one’s idea of a good soldier, yet as Ben Macintyre’s new book reveals, the British officer was an inspired strategist, even while hospitalized.
War’s Most Powerful Weapon
Top Secret<p>When Al Qaeda was betrayed by a double agent in Yemen, it was the latest example of war’s most vital and treacherous tool: double agents. Ben Macintyre writes about the most famous successful such operation in history when the Allies fooled Hitler about the D-Day invasion. His new book, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307888754/thedaibea-20/"><i>Double Cross</i></a>, is out now.</p>