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Tag: espionage

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Did Egyptian Belly Dancers Act As Spies in World War II?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/22/20241/22/2024

Egyptian cabaret belly dancing was all the rage in North Africa. Was it one of the war’s secret weapons?

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George Washington Needed to Keep His Spies Hidden. So He Financed a Secret Lab For Invisible Ink.

by Damien Cregeau11/15/202312/18/2023
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A Look at the Dreyfus Affair: Why Was This Soldier Betrayed?

by Jon Guttman8/4/20238/10/2023
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With This Union Soldier’s Death the NYT Claimed That ‘some most interesting chapters of the unwritten and secret history of the War’ Had Died With Him

by Frank Jastrzembski8/4/20238/4/2023
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During the Cold War, Canada Designed a World-Class Interceptor—But Was the Program Infested With Soviet Spies?

by Mike McAllister6/14/20234/29/2024
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Was Tokyo Rose a Victim or Villain?

by Paul Wiseman3/22/20233/22/2023
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Umbrella Guns and Fake Poop? Cold War Spies Thought of Everything.

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/19/20231/19/2023
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The Spy Who Proved the Adage About Love and War

by Stephen Budiansky8/8/20182/21/2024
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John E. Cook: Undercover at Harpers Ferry

by Steven Lubet7/10/20174/25/2024
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‘WARS ARE NOT WON BY RESPECTABLE METHODS’

by Wilfred P. Deac6/12/20062/14/2024

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