espionage

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

In Translation by Wiam El-Tamami, from the Latest Issue of "The Common"

 
By Mariam Itani  May 19, 2025
Espionage

On the Real-Life Story of Deep-Cover Russian Spies Living As American Families

By Shaun Walker  April 16, 2025
Espionage

Why Everything We Think We Know About Spies Is Wrong

By Elyse Graham  September 25, 2024
Spies

Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing

By Valorie Castellanos Clark  March 18, 2024
World War II

Sisterhood of the Second World War: On Writing Female Spies’ Classified Adventures

By CJ Wray  January 31, 2024
Keen On

Anna Pitoniak on Why Women Make Better Spies

By Keen On  November 15, 2023
Espionage

Spying is Lying: How David Cornwell Became John Le Carré

By Adam Sisman  October 30, 2023
The Hub

I spy John le Carré secrets in an upcoming biography.

By Janet Manley  March 2, 2023
Espionage

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

By Nathalia Holt  September 15, 2022
Nazi Germany

A Day in the Life of an 11-Year-Old Spy in 1939 Berlin

By Rebecca Donner  August 9, 2021
American History

Meet a Bad Man Who Became
a Truly Great Spy

By Owen Matthews  December 16, 2019
WWII

Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

By David A. Taylor  May 14, 2019
Excerpts

On the British Brothers Who Infiltrated Nazi-Occupied France

By Charles Glass  September 28, 2018
Conversations

Networks: Another Thing Silicon Valley Didn’t Actually Invent

By Andrew Keen  March 9, 2018
Profile

Nathan Englander on “His Turducken” of a Novel: Spy Thriller, Love Story, Meta-History

By Dylan Foley  September 12, 2017
Deep Dive

Shirley Hazzard’s Teenage Spy Career

By Paul French  December 20, 2016
Essay

Secrets and Lies: Why the Best Spies Are Married

By Lisa Levy  March 22, 2016
Biography

The Moment That Changed the Cold War

By James B. Donovan  November 25, 2015

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