Eye Spy - May 2018

EYE SPY INTELLIGENCE MAGAZINE 115 2018 77

THE DEADLY TRADE: Complete

History of Submarine Warfare

from Archimedes to the Present

Iain Ballantyne

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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cclaimed naval writer Iain

Ballantyne’s The Deadly

Trade is a fascinating and

comprehensive account of how an

initially ineffectual underwater boat -

originally derided and loathed in

equal measure - evolved into the

most powerful and terrifying vessel

ever invented, with enough

destructive power to end all life on

Earth. The author considers the key

episodes of submarine warfare and

vividly describes the stories of brave

individuals who have risked their

lives under the sea, often with fatal

consequences. His analysis of

underwater conflict begins with

Archimedes discovering the

Principle of Buoyancy and then

moves through the centuries

focusing on prolific characters with

deathly motives, including David

Bushnell who in 1775 in America

devised the first combat submarine

with the idea of attacking the British.

Ballantyne also looks at pioneers in

the area such as Admiral Jacky

Fisher who helped to revolutionise

the entire Royal Navy in the early

1900s.

Today, nuclear-powered submarines

are among the most complex, costly

ships in existence. Armed with

nuclear weapons, they have the

ability to destroy millions of lives -

they are the most powerful warships

ever created. At the heart of this

absorbing and engaging narrative

lurks danger and power as

Ballantyne reveals warfare’s

murkiest secrets. Hardback 752pp

Iain Ballantyne

n 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos

moved from her lifelong home in

Montana to Washington DC, to

THE TARGETER: My Life in the

CIA - on the Hunt for the

Godfather of ISIS

Nada Bakos, David Coburn

Little Brown, USA

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join the CIA. Quickly realising her

affinity for intelligence work, Nada

was determined to rise through the

ranks of the Agency first as an

analyst and then as a Targeting

Officer, eventually finding herself on

the frontline of America’s War

against terrorism. In this role, Nada

was charged with finding the

‘godfather’ of ISIS and mastermind

of al-Qaida in Iraq - Abu Musab al-

Zarqawi.

In a tight, tension-packed narrative

that takes the reader from Langley

deep into Iraq, Bakos reveals the

inner workings of the Agency and

the largely hidden world of

intelligence gathering post-9/11.

Entrenched in the predominantly

male world of the CIA, Bakos

belonged to a small yet dedicated

sisterhood leading US Special

Operations Forces to the doorstep of

one of the world’s most wanted

terrorists.

Filled with on-the-ground insights

and poignant personal anecdotes,

The Targeter shows us the great

personal sacrifice that comes with

intelligence work. This is Nada’s

story, but it is also an intimate

chronicle of how a group of

determined, ambitious men and

women worked tirelessly in the

hear t of the CIA to ensure security

at home and abroad. Hardback

352pp

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ith Britain’s Empire

collapsing and Stalin’s

ascendant, US officials

THE MARSHALL PLAN: Dawn of

the Cold War

Ben Steil

Oxford University Press, Oxford

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under new Secretary of State

George C. Marshall set out to

reconstruct Western Europe as a

bulwark against Communist

authoritarianism. Their massive,

costly, and ambitious undertaking

would confront Europeans and

Americans alike with a vision at

odds with their history and self-

conceptions. In the process, they

would drive the creation of NATO,

the European Union, and a Western