The World Was Going Our Way

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
In 1999 Christopher Andrew pulled together the notes of the KGB’s most senior archivist to uncover the history of the KGB’s secret operations in the US and Europe. Now, for the second volume of that history, he looks at the KGB’s interests and influences in the developing world, and reexamines how the Cold War played out in the Third World. The new book is The World Was Going Our Way.

Music:
The Usual Suspects Soundtrack #13, 3, 4

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