SPYCRAFT 101

Today's guest is

today is Dr. Greg Barnhisel. Greg is a graduate of Reed College, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is now a professor of English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the editor of The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures, Pressing the Fight: Print, Propaganda, and the Cold War, and the scholarly journal Book History. Greg has written three books as well, including Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy, and James Laughlin: New Directions and the Remaking of Ezra Pound. He's here discuss his newest book, Code Name Puritan, which is available now from the University of Chicago Press. It's about the life of Norman Pearson, an author, poet, professor, and member of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.

Connect with Greg:
Bluekky: @gbarnhisel.bsky.app
Instagram: @gbarnhisel
Check out the book, Code Name Puritan, here.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo233208318.html
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Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
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Today Justin talks with Josh Ireland. Josh has a master's degree in history from the University of York. After graduating, he worked as an editor at Headline and Quercus, two of Great Britain's leading publishing companies. Josh has ghostwritten numerous books for A-list celebrities, sports stars, politicians, oligarchs, and adventurers, including five Sunday Times bestsellers. He's also the author of two previous nonfiction titles under his own name. Josh is here todY to discuss his third and newest book,The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin's Greatest Enemy which is available now from Penguin Random House.

Connect with Josh:
joshireland.co.uk
Twitter/X: @JoshJohnIreland
Check out the book, The Death of Trotsky, here.
https://a.co/d/08n7PeB3
Connect with Spycraft 101:
Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.
spycraft101.com
IG: @spycraft101
Shop: shop.spycraft101.com
Substack: spycraft101.substack.com
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.
Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.
Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.

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Today Justin sits down with Sam McKnight. Sam is a graduate student at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He's also the founder and director of Khthon, a non-governmental organization that uses open source intelligence, satellite imagery, and digital analysis to document war crimes and locate mass graves in conflict zones. Sam founded Khthon in 2022, and since then, it has grown to include more than 100 volunteers dedicated to uncovering and reporting mass graves. He's here to discuss Khthon’s work worldwide, their successes, and their plans for the future.

Connect with Sam and Khthon:
khthon.org
Substack: McKnight Reports
IG: @khthonorg
IG: @mcknight.reports
Connect with Spycraft 101:

Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.

spycraft101.com

IG: @spycraft101

Shop: shop.spycraft101.com

Substack: spycraft101.substack.com

Patreon: Spycraft 101

Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.

Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.

Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.

Kruschiki

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Today Justin sits down with Dr. Niccolò Petrelli. Niccolò is a research scholar at the Center for International and Strategic Studies at LUISS in Rome, Italy. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science, his Master's degree in International Relations, and his PhD in Political Science, all from Roma Tre University. He has also published many papers and journal articles on counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and intelligence matters. He's here to discuss the relationship between US and Italian intelligence during the Cold War, and in particular, the Gladio operation, which armed, trained, and funded personnel intended to operate behind enemy lines in the event that World War III broke out in Europe. The Gladio teams were also suspected of being employed to suppress communism in Italy.

Connect with Niccolò:

LinkedIn: Niccolò Petrelli

Connect with Spycraft 101:

Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.

spycraft101.com

IG: @spycraft101

Shop: shop.spycraft101.com

Substack: spycraft101.substack.com

Patreon: Spycraft 101

Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.

Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.

Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.

Kruschiki

The best surplus military goods delivered right to your door. Use code SPYCRAFT101 for 10% off!

https://kruschiki.com/

Clandestine Laboratories

Your new favorite fragrance is here. I'm partial to Novochoc.

https://www.clandestinelaboratories.com/fragrances

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Today’s guest is Dr. Stephen Long. Stephen earned a PhD in US foreign policy and intelligence from the University of Birmingham and is an assistant professor of international relations at Shan Xiaotong Liverpool University. He's published articles in many professional journals, including Intelligence and National Security, International History Review, Cold War History, H-Diplo, and American History. He was also a lead contributor to the BBC Radio 4 program, "The Albania Operation," for the BBC's Document series. He's here today discuss the story of one of the CIA's first covert action operations performed jointly with MI6 in the late 1940s and the lessons they learned from it, often at great cost to the operatives themselves.

Connect with Steven:
steve.long@xjtlu.edu.cn
Check out the book, A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit, here.
https://amzn.eu/d/01R8Udo1
Connect with Spycraft 101:

Get Justin’s latest book, Murder, Intrigue, and Conspiracy: Stories from the Cold War and Beyond, here.

spycraft101.com

IG: @spycraft101

Shop: shop.spycraft101.com

Substack: spycraft101.substack.com

Patreon: Spycraft 101

Find Justin’s first book, Spyshots: Volume One, here.

Check out Justin’s second book, Covert Arms, here.

Download the free eBook, The Clandestine Operative’s Sidearm of Choice, here.

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