Cold War History: American and Soviet Espionage Activities During the Cold War (The History of the Emergency Cold War Bunker Designed for Congress During a Nuclear War)

The cold war as we know it today – the ideological struggle between east and west, between communism and capitalism – did not officially start until after the second world war.

However, intense espionage activities began well before the end of world war ii and persisted throughout, especially as each side tried to deduce the other’s likely actions after the defeat of nazi germany and the empire of japan.

With the allied victory, the spy game merely intensified, with both sides deploying spy n...