Harry Blutstein has worked as a freelance journalist since 1972 and his articles have appeared in major Australian newspapers. He is an adjunct professor at RMIT University and a fellow at the University of Melbourne. More recently he has published several books:An Insider's Guide to Australia(Kummerly & Frey, 1995),Ascent of Globalisation(Manchester University Press, 2016) and his latest,Cold War Games(Echo Publishing, 2017) and has been reviewed intheSydney Morning Herald, He is currently working on a book on the 1968 Olympic Games, the working title of which isGames of Discontent: Protests andPoliticalBattles at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games, which should be available mid-2021. His twitter handle is @harryblutstein. About Cold War Games: Cold War Games: Spies, Subterfuge and Secret Operations The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games have become known as the ‘friendly games’, but East-West rivalry ensured that they were anything but friendly. From the bloody semi-final water polo match ...