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OverviewWhy did the US intelligence services fail so spectacularly to know about the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities following World War II? As Vince Houghton, historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, shows us, that disastrous failure came just a few years after the Manhattan Project's intelligence team had penetrated the Third Reich and knew every detail of the Nazi's plan for an atomic bomb. What changed and what went wrong? Houghton's delightful retelling of this fascinating case of American spy ineffectiveness in the then new field of scientific intelligence provides us with a new look at the early years of the Cold War. During that time, scientific intelligence quickly grew to become a significant portion of the CIA budget as it struggled to contend with the incredible advance in weapons and other scientific discoveries immediately after World War II. As Houghton shows, the abilities of the Soviet Union's scientists, its research facilities and laboratories, and its educational system became a key consideration for the CIA in assessing the threat level of its most potent foe. Sadly, for the CIA, scientific intelligence was extremely difficult to do well. For when the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb in 1949, no one in the American intelligence services saw it coming. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vince Houghton , John LescaultPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing ISBN: 9781982692544ISBN 10: 1982692545 Publication Date: 01 December 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Nuclear Spies deftly navigates the decisions made, for better or worse, by World War II-era American intelligence agencies. -- Valerie Plame, former covert CIA Operations Officer Author InformationVincent Houghton, PhD, is the historian and curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. A veteran of the United States Army, he has written and appears as an expert for various media, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Associated Press, USA Today, The Economist, Vanity Fair, NPR, BBC, NBC News, Fox News, the History Channel, and the Travel Channel. Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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