How do you get access to historical, top secret documents? Intelligence scholars and historians ask this question a lot. How do they conduct their research and acquire declassified, secret files? What questions do they need to ask themselves as they sit down to write up stories that have not been told before? And why are there so many newly-declassified documents pouring out of the former Soviet-bloc countries right now?
In the first episode of the Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance Dr. Daniela Richterova of Brunel University London explains how an ‘innocent’ chat with a colleague over a pint of cider turned into a two-year long research project. A project that would involve over a dozen experts and archives and eventually turn into a specialist academic publication and this podcast!
The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance podcast presents untold stories of the Cold War. We examine how the ‘East’ and the ‘West’ struggled for dominance across the globe, how the conflict played out in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and how superpowers as well as smaller states used their militaries, intelligence and security agencies to win this global conflict.
This podcast is for history fans, students and busy professionals - with a passion for untold histories which helped shape our world. 

To read about the Special Issue mentioned in the show – go to: https://bit.ly/2Zq01lr
Photo for the episode artwork by: Jorge Dubuc

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Ep.1: Chasing demons and filling gaps

What is a life of a spy like? Not the James Bond kind, but of a real-life spy? In episode 2 of the Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance podcast we unveil the secret lives of one man, whose identity of a spy has never been discovered, that is until now. In fact, this ‘man of no country’ by the name of Dennis Phombeah worked for multiple agencies across the Cold War divide. How did he manage to get hired by sworn enemies? And what did he get out of this exhausting clandestine career?  
With historian Dr. James Brennan of the University of Illinois, who discovered this mystery man, we discuss how glamorous but also difficult the life of a busy spy can be. How one enters the espionage world and who has the upper-hand in the spy-agency relationship.

To read about the Special Issue mentioned in the show – go to: https://bit.ly/2Zq01lr

For the full academic article of Dr. James Brennan visit: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07075332.2020.1776750

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EP.2: A Spy Of No Country

The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance is a podcast that goes behind the scenes of the Cold War. We go beyond the traditional narrative to unveil how the ‘East’ and the ‘West’ struggled for dominance in the Third World. And we find that, in fact, the Cold War was a very ‘hot’ and global conflict.
This podcast is for history fans, students and professionals – with a passion for untold histories which helped shape our world.
Created and produced by: Katarina Urban Richterova

Ep.1: Chasing demons and filling gaps

The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance

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