The Spies Fighting Communism During the Cold War, with Scott Anderson and Hugo Lindgren

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🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing – seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear – to some – that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA. In this week's episode Scott Anderson joins us to discuss his new book 'The Quiet Americans' chronicling the exploits of four American spies with journalist Hugo Lindgren. To find out more about the book, click here: https://amzn.to/3itTv5A. -------------------------- Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month. Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith. For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of
1:03.2	Intelligence Squared this week we were joined by Scott Anderson author of the new book
1:07.6	The Quiet Americans for CIA spies at the dawn of the Cold War and he spoke
1:12.2	journalist Hugo Lindgren about the
1:13.8	inside story of American espionage. It's a really fascinating conversation and if you
1:18.1	do enjoy it you can find a link for Scott's book in the podcast description.
1:21.6	Now let's go to the episode.
1:23.0	Hello I'm journalist and editor Hugo Lindgren. I'm here at the Intelligence Square
1:27.6	podcast with Scott Anderson. So Scott I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna
1:30.9	I'm gonna I'm gonna tell the audience a little bit about you if they haven't bought your book yet which they obviously should do immediately
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