Executions. Eliminations. Wet work. The UK has seen its share of international incidents. Renowned intelligence historian Nigel West joins us stateside to explore three infamous attacks since 1978. The targets in question were Georgi Markov, Alexander Litvinenko, and Sergei Skripal. (The Spy Museum has an umbrella weapon on display that is a replica of the one used in the assassination of Markov.)
No one is better suited to take us inside these operations than West. He has written about 40 non-fiction books published on security and intelligence topics; a further 25 books edited, with contributions such as forewords or prefaces; and countless academic monographs and book reviews. He has many claims to fame including tracking down double agent GARBO in Venezuela. They then wrote GARBO’s inside story of his incredible life as a double agent! West’s familiarity with the shadowy wilderness of mirrors is legendary. His books range from The Crown Jewels: British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archives to Fourteen Spies Who Changed the World. And tonight he turns his attention to assassination… or attempted murder of the political variety.
Selected books by Nigel West will be available for sale and signing after the event.
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