EPISODE · Aug 10, 2020 · 23 MIN
Ex-spies, Intelligence Experts, and Espionage with SpyCast
from Security Clearance Careers Podcast
Dr. Vince Houghton is the historian and curator at the International Spy Museum and joined ClearanceJobs for a chat on everything intelligence and espionage.Vince specializes in military and intelligence history, with specific expertise on late-WWII and early-Cold War eras. Prior to joining the International Spy Museum, Vince was a history professor at the University of Maryland, and is also former U.S. Army. He is the author of two books – Nuking the Moon: and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board and The Nuclear Spies: America's Atomic Intelligence Operation Against Hitler and Stalin.Vince became interested in everything espionage, specifically nuclear weapons, as a young boy after reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb , by Richard Rhodes. Science & Technology really sucked him in after working through grad school where he became fascinated with nuclear weapon systems and other related concepts.Learn more on intel: news.clearancejobs.com/2020/08/10/secrets-covert-action-and-intelligence-experts-shaping-historyLearn more on nuclear weapons intel:https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/07/29/threat-analysts-real-life-dungeons-dragons-with-nuclear-weapons/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dr. Vince Houghton is the historian and curator at the International Spy Museum and joined ClearanceJobs for a chat on everything intelligence and espionage.Vince specializes in military and intelligence history, with specific expertise on late-WWII and early-Cold War eras. Prior to joining the International Spy Museum, Vince was a history professor at the University of Maryland, and is also former U.S. Army. He is the author of two books – Nuking the Moon: and Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board and The Nuclear Spies: America's Atomic Intelligence Operation Against Hitler and Stalin.Vince became interested in everything espionage, specifically nuclear weapons, as a young boy after reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb , by Richard Rhodes. Science & Technology really sucked him in after working through grad school where he became fascinated with nuclear weapon systems and other related concepts.Learn more on intel: news.clearancejobs.com/2020/08/10/secrets-covert-action-and-intelligence-experts-shaping-historyLearn more on nuclear weapons intel:https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/07/29/threat-analysts-real-life-dungeons-dragons-with-nuclear-weapons/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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