The Collapse of Kandahar
2021-07-15
Interviewed by Terry Glavin of the Ottawa Citizen on the implications for our interpreters and locally employed people.Continue Reading
“Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: postponed to 7 July 2021
2021-06-16
A bit of a change of plans at the International Spy Museum, so we’ve rescheduled to 7 July. See you then!Continue Reading
“Emergency War Plan” and SpyCast: 16 June 2021
2021-06-13
Join 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.Continue Reading
“B-47 that crashed in Northwest likely carried non-functioning nuclear weapon components.”
2021-05-30
Doug Diaciuk, TBNewswatch Based on an interview with yours truly.Continue Reading
1956 B-47 Crash in Canada During Hungarian-Suez Crisis
2021-05-28
Getting 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. IContinue Reading
Moscow Mules
2021-05-05
In 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 ofContinue Reading
Flying Saucers were Soviet Aircraft?
2021-05-04
From a 1955 Current Intelligence Bulletin.Continue Reading
Reading Now: The Last Squadron
2021-04-27
A thought-provoking exposition of possible technologies applied to a future battlefield riddled with something worse than COVID-19….Continue Reading
Public Service Announcement
2021-04-25
Mask up and stay safe, just like the B-52 crews! (available at Bomber Patches)Continue Reading
Jessica Davis and Leah West
2021-04-25
Big 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_KCjSLFBxOPva7L2SXiEWnHLYo8nNSjyR9ouGhxMContinue Reading