The Cold War Period

The Cold War began not very long after the end of World War II in 1945. Despite the fact that, the Soviet Union was an essential part of the Allied Powers, there was certainly a great amount of distrust between the Soviet Union and what remains of the Allies, specifically the United States. The Allies were worried about Stalin 's ruthless leadership and also the spread of communism. The Cold War was a long stretch of tension between the US and the communist countries of Eastern Europe, the USSR. These two nations later became known as superpowers. Even though the two superpowers never formally announced war on each other, they battled indirectly in proxy wars, the arms race, and the space race. At last, the Cold War came to its end with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The United States and the Soviet Union additionally tried to fight the Cold War by showing their power and innovation. Although, both countries are partially at fault, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the Iron Curtain Speech prove that the Soviet Union is responsible for starting the Cold War.

“The name’s Bond. James Bond.” A short, simple phrase to introduce one of the most famous fictional spies ever created. James Bond’s stories are entertaining thrillers but it causes one to wonder, is that all it is? Entertainment? Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale is a Bond novel that portrays the reality of espionage, to some extent, while also maintaining the flare that makes it fiction. On the realistic side, Fleming gives you an inside look at the bureaucracy of espionage and the mystery behind the operatives themselves. But James Bond’s mission is an excellent example of the glamor added purely to make the novel a more engaging one rather than an accurate depiction of espionage.

The topic of espionage and spying has been a fascination with people around the world for decades. The secrecy, complexity, and exciting nature of the acts involved in espionage are intriguing and solicit curiosity. This curiosity by people has led to the creation of numerous movies depicting acts of espionage for the purpose of entertainment. Some films, like James Bond and the Jason Bourne series, go to great lengths to make the espionage world seem like secret gadgets, cools cars, fancy clothes and women. Most of the story consist of someone “spying” by breaking into buildings to steal information or moving about undetected. This plays into the stereotypical thought process of what most people believe to be espionage. On the other

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Firstly, by the Potsdam conference beginning July 1945 – near the end of WWII, the USSR arrested non-communist leaders and spread communism to Eastern Europe despite formerly agreeing to free elections in the region, angering US President Truman (BBC, 2014). A highly reliable, government-funded educational source, this suggested that the incompatibility of communism and democracy created the US-USSR political tension and disputes. It corroborated with President Truman (1947), an extremely credible representative of the US, who, in his Truman Doctrine, outlaid support for “free people who are resisting attempted subjugation” (as cited in Pieper, 2012). This comparison of Soviet communism to a “subjugation” demonstrated the outright US hostility towards USSR’s expansion, signifying that a war originating from this political tension – the Cold War – was already solidified. During 1949 – the first years of the Cold War, the USSR built its first atomic bomb, prompting the US to develop a thermo-nuclear bomb (Condon, 1987). This suggested that the competitive

This transformation worried the West and they had to make the best out of the bad situation. The Allied intelligence agents worked hard to prevent the Red victory. The Britain employed Lockhart under a cover of diplomat, while Reilly worked on his own with the advantage of knowing the Russian language. Two agents used different paths to follow the same goal: the destruction of the communist rule. Of course, the West sent military missions to secretly pay Russian to gather information, but they were too small to have an impact. These kinds of missions were suspicious for communist, so the West turned to the recruitment of agents. As soon as they were sent to Moscow both agents worked closely together and realized that they could find new friends among those, who did not welcome Bolsheviks. The British reporter Arthur Ransome, a Secret Intelligence Informant, grew sympathetic towards Bolsheviks and eventually fell in love with one. His contribution to the collection of actionable intelligence did not have any influence on the British analysis of soviets. Lockhart is known today as an architect of the entire British conspiracy. He also became the model of the hero of a Hollywood movie called British Agent. He continued his political career and worked in the Prague embassy in 1920 (345). The Missions during the early years of the Russian Revolution inspired him to write a book called

In the first half of Cold War era, MI6’s operations against the Soviet Union were undermined by the numerous Soviet’s agents who were in the vital position inside the British Intelligence System, both MI5 and MI6. Kim Philby who joined MI6 in 1940 was part of the disreputable Cambridge Spies which consisted of three other graduated students from the University of Cambridge’s - Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess and Philby. They handed the information covertly acquired in Britain to the Soviet Union. As a result, the covert Britain agents in the Soviet Union were exposed and arrested. The Cambridge Spies were more viewed as excellent trophies by the Soviets’ officials because these highly educated English men’s attempt to leave the British lifestyle proved that “the western lifestyles could not be good”. Moreover, the third man among the Cambridge Spies, “Kim Philby’s spying against Britain and the U.S was both instrumental in the identification and murder of pro-West intelligence officers, and war alert to individuals who sought to defect to the West” (Westerman). In addition to the Cambridge Spies, George Blake, as a mole inside MI6, had exposed many British agents by passing over thousands of top-secret documents to Moscow and(Parfitt). His real identity was later exposed by a Polish defector, Michael Goleniewski in

This is a fiction tale that was written in the 1960’s and was published in 1965. This book follows the spy chronicles of lust-filled highly trained English spy, James Bond. The author of this book is Ian Fleming. As a young man, Fleming worked as stockbroker, but his career path changed when the world was plunged into battles during World War II. Fleming signed up to serve his country as a Naval Intelligence officer. Fleming never saw any action but was privy to countless military secrets that he was tasked to keep safe. It is safe to say that the events and secrets that Fleming experienced and learned about during his time as a officer in World War II helped provide the seeds of inspiration for the plot of this book and the others

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S and the USSR during the Cold War. This was when two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. This crisis was unique in a number of ways, featuring calculations and miscalculations as well as direct and secret communications and miscommunications. This crisis was characterise by the fact it was primarily played out at the White House and the Kremin Level, this is also known as a proxy war ("The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 - 1961–1968 - Milestones - Office of the Historian", 2016). Leaders of the U.S and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13 day political

It needs to be said that this critique comes in the so-called mythbusting way where errors are pointed out and corrected while the second way of critique is more focused in the context and surroundings of the plot (Willmetts, 2013, p. 152). Misconceptions of the tradecraft of spies come in different ways such as the films « Three Days of The Condor » (1975) and « The Good Shepherd » released in 2006 (Johnson, 2008, pp. 12-13 and Zegart, 210, p.599-613). Corruption inside the agency and wrong depiction of how a spy becomes a spy are very good arguments of why Intelligence Agencies are not happy with this genre. But we cannot deny that Intelligence Agencies have never done anything to clarify this so adding up to the mystery and the realisation of all this

War is a very traffic and devastating event that not only affects those directly involved with the fight but also the rest of the population sitting and waiting back in their homes. The idea of war such as the Cold War being associated with Dr.Suess 's, The Butter Battle Book, should not be the focus of a children 's book.

There is a lot of movies that involve a spy trying to solve a crime or international conflict. The problem

“Hello Mr. Bond.” The character, James Bond, usually comes to mind when one thinks of the British agency MI6. An agency that enables its agents to have a license to kill, enabling them to do anything, at any cost to achieve the greater good, with the head of the agency M sitting behind a desk giving orders. This sounds like an agency that anyone would love to work for. In reality, it is an agency that has been through several wars and has evolved over the years with lies, secrets, and betrayal (Corera, 2011).

Major John André, Harriet Tubman, Julia Child, and James Bond. What do these people all have in common? They were all spies. Major John André worked for the British during the American Revolution, relaying important information back to England (Bhatt). Harriet Tubman worked for the Yankees, helping slaves escape during the Civil War. Julia Child handled many classified documents during World War II, including papers about the invasion of the Malay Peninsula (“A Look Back… Julia Child…”). And, of course, there’s James Bond, the greatest fictional spy in literature. This essay will explore the significance of the OSS, brief biographies of influential female spies in World War II, and the tactics used in World War II.

The “Cold War” was a unique time period were paranoia ran high and the world was at a stalemate as it watch the competition between the two world superpowers,(U.S. and the U.S.S.R.).