The Secret Struggle podcast – is gearing up for Season Two. So much interesting material, research and secret files have surfaced over the past few years that we feel we NEED to tell you all the…
What is the story behind the nickname “Carlos the Jackal”? The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe! If you like our podcast and…
How much thinking goes into a terrorist attack? And how accurately do you set the outcome for one of the biggest terrorist attacks of the Cold War? In this Bonus episode we learn more about “off the…
Terrorism is no new threat, it troubled the Romans as much as it did the Russian monarchs. The Cold War, however, turned terrorism into a global televised drama personified by “the Bin Laden of the…
During the Cold war, soldiers from emerging, newly independent, or struggling countries were often sent for military trainings in Europe. A popular destination for such trainings during the 1950’s and…
Cuba’s world of intelligence and counterintelligence during the Cold War is very much a secret to this day, as researchers are not allowed to peek into the Cuban files. However, we know that Fidel…
Trying to get a hold of weapons of “the other camp” was a standard procedure during the long Cold War conflict. In this bonus Dr. Przemysław Gasztold from War Studies University in Warsaw talks about…
What infrastructure do you need to do business with paramilitary groups, rebels and terrorists? And what happens when your murky business associates decide you are no longer their friend? Listen to…
In Episode 9 we travel to “the Eldorado of spies”, “the Paris of the Middle East”, “the Vienna of the Cold War”. Where is that? Dr. Przemysław Gasztold from War Studies University in Warsaw shares…
Why would a country risk a conflict and the death of its soldiers to help out “for free” a distant, seemingly unrelated country half a continent away? The story of Morocco and Congo during the Cold…
