Vogel to discuss new book about espionage in Cold War Berlin, Oct. 10

Steve Vogel plans to discuss his new book "Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation," at a National Press Club Book Rap at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10.

"Betrayal in Berlin" takes readers to Berlin in the 1950s when the city was the spy capital of the world. The United States, France and Britain were facing the Soviet Union as each side sought advantages. In the midst of the tension, the CIA came up with “Operation Gold,” which centered on building a tunnel into East Berlin to tap KGB and Soviet military phone lines. Vogel tells the thrilling story of Operation Gold as it unfolds.

Tickets are $5 for Club members; $10 for the public. This event is a fundraiser for the nonprofit NPC Journalism Institute. Tickets can be purchased online. Books can be purchased online at the same time as tickets or at the event. No outside books or memorabilia are permitted.

Vogel is a former national reporter for the Washington Post. He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War and subsequently reported on military operations in Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.

He covered the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and its subsequent reconstruction. His reporting on the Afghanistan war was part the collection of Post stories selected as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He also is the author of "The Pentagon – A History and Through the Perilous Fight a book on the British invasion of the Chesapeake in 1814."