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The secret agent: romantic incarnations

In fact and in fiction, the spy is the indispensable person of our time. Yet their activity poses a deadly threat to the open society… …The OSS and the early CIA inherited some of MI6′s snob appeal. Though tarnished by … Continue reading

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the secret agent: the clubby attitude

…The myth of espionage as an essentially patrician sport, like polo, had some slight foundation. In the early twentieth century secret service budgets, except possibly in Russia, were still modest, and to stretch them as far as possible the professionals … Continue reading

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