EP. 488: Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

About this episode

Host Bill Hamblet interviews Sean M. Wiswesser about his upcoming book on Russian intelligence and tactics.

Host Bill Hamblet talks with veteran national security professional Sean M. Wiswesser about his book "Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War"—available next month from the Naval Institute Press.

People in this episode

Host: Bill Hamblet

Guest: Sean M. Wiswesser

Topics covered

• national security
• Russian intelligence
• Putin's secret war
• tradecraft
• tactics
• dirty tricks

Keywords

• national security
• Russian intelligence
• Putin
• tradecraft
• tactics
• dirty tricks
• book
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Naval Institute Press

Books & works: Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War

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