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The Collapse of Kandahar
More Details: The Collapse of KandaharInterviewed by Terry Glavin of the Ottawa Citizen on the implications for our interpreters and locally employed people.
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“Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: postponed to 7 July 2021
More Details: “Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: postponed to 7 July 2021A bit of a change of plans at the International Spy Museum, so we’ve rescheduled to 7 July. See you then!
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“Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: 16 June 2021
More Details: “Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: 16 June 2021Join me with Andrew Hammond on our discussion of the intelligence aspects of my latest book “Emergency War Plan: The American Doomsday Machine, 1945-1960” on the International Spy Museum SpyCast.
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“B-47 that crashed in Northwest likely carried non-functioning nuclear weapon components.”
More Details: “B-47 that crashed in Northwest likely carried non-functioning nuclear weapon components.”Doug Diaciuk, TBNewswatch Based on an interview with yours truly.
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1956 B-47 Crash in Canada During Hungarian-Suez Crisis
More Details: 1956 B-47 Crash in Canada During Hungarian-Suez CrisisGetting interviewed by media today on the November 1956 crash of the B-47 north of Thunder Bay. This occurred during the Hungarian-Suez crisis and it was part of a 72-bomber SAC flourish in the Arctic directed at Nikita Khrushchev….after he sent more than 20 Soviet bombers into the Arctic. I have a paper undergoing peer…
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Moscow Mules
More Details: Moscow MulesIn Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove I discuss a 1956 visit to Moscow by Generals Nathan Twining and Thomas Power. During this visit, the behaviour of the Soviet leadership led Power to formulate a deterrent strategy directed personally at Khrushchev, one that paid off during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The details of what went on in Moscow…
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Flying Saucers were Soviet Aircraft?
More Details: Flying Saucers were Soviet Aircraft?From a 1955 Current Intelligence Bulletin.
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Reading Now: The Last Squadron
More Details: Reading Now: The Last SquadronA thought-provoking exposition of possible technologies applied to a future battlefield riddled with something worse than COVID-19….
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Public Service Announcement
More Details: Public Service AnnouncementMask up and stay safe, just like the B-52 crews! (available at Bomber Patches)
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Jessica Davis and Leah West
More Details: Jessica Davis and Leah WestBig shout out to my former students Jess Davis and Leah West on their new article, “Measuring Impact, Uncovering Bias? Citation Analysis ofLiterature on Women in Terrorism”by Jessica Davis, Leah West, and Amarnath Amarasingam at: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2021/issue-2/davis-et-al.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0Dq5hBS_NNg9s2Y0e_KCjSLFBxOPva7L2SXiEWnHLYo8nNSjyR9ouGhxM