cover of episode The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Unpacking the mind of a spy legend | 5

The Spy Who Defused the Missile Crisis | Unpacking the mind of a spy legend | 5

2024/8/6
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The discussion explores the complex motives of Oleg Penkovsky, a key figure in the Cold War, questioning whether he was a hero, an egotist, or a madman, and how his actions influenced the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Few spies have motives as hard to decipher as those of Oleg Penkovsky. Was he a hero, an egotist or a madman? Writer and executive producer of The Spy Who, Tristan Donovan, sits down with Jack Basu-Mellish, host of the LSE Cold War Podcast, to discuss Penkovsky’s actions, plus the lessons to learn from the events of the Cold War. Can the history books really be trusted?

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