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About The Spy Who Sold The Navy: The FBI Hunt For John Walker

From 'M.A.D World' Season 1, Episode 6: The early 1980s saw the Cold War reignite as the collapse of diplomacy pushed the world toward nuclear World War III. This era was defined by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, where CIA-funded Mujahedin mountain fighters battled elite MI-24 Hind gunships in a brutal stalemate. Back in the U.S., the FBI successfully hunted John Walker, a Navy code specialist who spent twenty years selling nuclear secrets to the KGB. Tension peaked with the Soviet shootdown of civilian flight KAL 007 and the installation of medium-range cruise missiles across a volatile Europe. Licensed to Little Dot Studios. WONDER is packed with binge worthy reality documentaries for hours of entertainment. Check out our hub of diverse and empowering stories which explore the extreme side of life!

The Spy Who Sold The Navy: The FBI Hunt For John Walker is presented by Wonder. Its listed runtime is 51 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, The Spy Who Sold The Navy: The FBI Hunt For John Walker uses walker as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
The Spy Who Sold The Navy: The FBI Hunt For John Walker
Category
Society
Runtime
51 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Wonder

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