Spy Stories
Inside the Secret World of the RAW and the I.S.I.
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With unprecedented access to R.A.W. and I.S.I., the world's most inscrutable spy agencies, Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark describe the workings of bitter rivals, mapping their complicated history from the 1960s to the present day. From the Parliament attacks to Pulwama, 9/11 to bin Laden's assassination, the rise of terror's shadow armies to the fall of Kulbhushan Jadhav, here are some of the key events that have shaped the region told with more detail than ever before and using both sides of the story. Levy and Scott-Clark also uncover a darker seam - of the destructive impact of U.S. interference in both India and Pakistan, and how I.S.I. was overcome by the dark forces they funded, while R.A.W. created ghost enemies and false narratives to strengthen their hand. Revelatory and unputdownable, Spy Stories clears the fog to reveal the I.S.I. and R.A.W., officers and their assets as you have never seen them before.
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Felt very slow and tedious at a lot places. Too frequent in fact. At times it seems there were just copy paste from online newspapers. It was good to see some insider details on apparently how these two neighbouring agencies work (whatever the veracity). On Indian side though it seems they based everything on a “Monisha” which of course sounded absurd. But one thing I can say — the book has little to no literary merit — as in the language and flow; and it is not a very insightful book. It's a good start though.
I didn't find authors biased. They just lacked depth and details.