12 Best espionage books like The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War by Antonio J. Méndez

Cover of The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War by Antonio J. Méndez

The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

By: Antonio J. Méndez

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo: how a group of brilliant but under-supported…

If you liked the espionage plot in The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War by Antonio J. Méndez , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander by Pete Blaber

1. The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

By: Pete Blaber

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a commander in Delta Force-the most elite counter-terrorist organization in the world-Pete Blabe… read more

Similar categories in Pete Blaber's The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The ultimate goal of this book is to share what I consider to be life-saving and life-changing lessons that I was fortunate enough to learn as a key participant in many of recent history’s most impac…"

-Pete Blaber, The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Cover of The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom

2. The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

By: Winston Groom

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviatorstells the saga of… read more

Similar categories in Winston Groom's The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of What It is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes

3. What It is Like to Go to War

By: Karl Marlantes

4.00

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Matterhorn, this is a powerful nonfiction book abo… read more

Similar categories in Karl Marlantes's What It is Like to Go to War book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

"Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death."

-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War

Cover of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman

4. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

By: David E. Hoffman

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Handcomes the riveting story of a sp… read more

Similar categories in David E. Hoffman's The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Malcolm McConnell, Antonio J. Méndez, Antonio J Mendez

5. The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA

By: Malcolm McConnell , Antonio J. Méndez , Antonio J Mendez

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From the author of Argocomes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In th… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm McConnell's The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction

6. The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB

By: James Risen , Milton Bearden

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize-winning jour… read more

Similar categories in James Risen's The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

7. Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to al-Qaeda

By: Robert Wallace , H. Keith Melton , Henry R. Schlesinger

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

An insider's tour of the past half-century's espionage technologies also recounts some of the CIA's… read more

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Cover of Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

8. Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

By: Dan Schilling

4.30

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special O… read more

Similar categories in Dan Schilling's Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton

9. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

By: Calder Walton

4.30

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more

Similar categories in Calder Walton's Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

By: Antonio J. Méndez

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo: how a group of brilliant but under-supported… read more

Similar categories in Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Cover of Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

12. Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies

By: Gordon Corera

4.27

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The full, explosive story for the first time: Putin’s espionage campaign against the West, how i… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Corera's Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado

13. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

By: Ric Prado

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more

Similar categories in Ric Prado's Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked by Jonna Méndez

14. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

By: Jonna Méndez

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling co-author of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of bein… read more

Similar categories in Jonna Méndez's In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence by Amy B. Zegart

15. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

By: Amy B. Zegart

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more

Similar categories in Amy B. Zegart's Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat by Eric Haseltine

16. The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat

By: Eric Haseltine

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before… read more

Similar categories in Eric Haseltine's The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single Dad by Eddie Penney

17. Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single Dad

By: Eddie Penney

4.58

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Hot Wash The review held after military training and real-world operations facilitating growth an… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Penney's Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single Dad book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention by Daniel L. Everett

18. How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

By: Daniel L. Everett

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how di… read more

Similar categories in Daniel L. Everett's How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid

19. Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

By: Thomas Rid

4.15

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deceptio… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Rid's Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence by James M. Olson

20. To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence

By: James M. Olson

3.91

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect o… read more

Similar categories in James M. Olson's To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy by Eric  O'Neill

21. Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy

By: Eric O'Neill

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A cybersecurity expert and former FBI "ghost" tells the thrilling story of how he helped take down … read more

Similar categories in Eric O'Neill's Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy book and Antonio J. Méndez's The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

  • espionage
  • history
  • memoir
  • politics
  • nonfiction

14 Best audiobook books like The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War by Antonio J. Méndez

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

Transform Your Habits

What It is Like to Go to War

Karl Marlantes

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

Dan Schilling

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton

4.30

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11 Top audiobook books like Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force by Dan Schilling

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

Eric Blehm , None

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.33

The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan

Gregg Zoroya

3.92

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