Secrets of The Cold War:

From UFOs to Dr. Strangelove, LSD experiments to Richard Nixon, author Brian Brown investigates the paranoid, panicked history of the Cold War.

Against the backdrop of the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to see who could build and detonate the world's largest bomb. The epic results exceeded all expectations as both sides blindly pushed the boundaries of technology far into unknown territory.

A no-holds-barred examination of the National Security Agency packed with startling secrets about its past, newsbreaking revelations about its present-day activities, and chilling predictions about its future powers and reach.
The NSA is the largest, most secretive, and most powerful intelligence agency in the world. With a staff of thirty-eight thousand people, it dwarfs the CIA in budget, manpower, and influence. Recent headlines have linked it to the economic espionage throughout Europe and to the ongoing hunt for the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden…

The renowned espionage historian offers "a gripping account of British intelligence during the last days of empire" (The Daily Telegraph).

For forty years, the Cold War was also waged beneath the sea between the United States and the USSR. Submarines faced submarines in close-quarter encounters which could have triggered major conflicts on many occasions.