Agent Zigzag meets The Book of Heroic Failures and The GCHQ Quiz Book
Dr. Vincent Houghton is the Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. He is also the host and creative director of the Museum's podcast, SpyCast, which reaches a national and international audience of over 3.5 million listeners each year. He is a veteran of the US army and served in the Balkans before receiving his Masters and PhD in Diplomatic and Military History from the University of Maryland. He has appeared on CNN, NBC News, Fox News, NPR and other major outlets as an expert in intelligence history.
There's a lot of idiocy in these pages to admire, and all of it's
given the gloss of Houghton's natural wit.
*How It Works*
A collection of tales sure to entertain as well as inform
*Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA, and New
York Times bestselling author*
Hilariously skewers some of the military and intelligence
community's weirdest, wackiest, and most outlandish plots, plans,
and covert operations
*H. Keith Melton, co-author of Spycraft*
Vince Houghton is a fresh new voice that will have you laughing out
loud at some of the serious yet hysterical false starts in the
history of the intelligence community.
*Jonna Mendez, former CIA Chief of Disguise*
These are amazing tales, and readers may ... be left pondering
whether the book will be shelved among works of history or science
fiction novels.
*Robert Wallace, co-author of Spycraft*
Compulsively readable laugh out loud history
*Mary Roach*
Alternately terrifying and hilarious...if 'military intelligence'
makes you think of James Bond and ingenious exploding gadgets...get
ready for the true story
*Eye Spy*
Makes you wonder what schemes the secret service are conducting
right now.
*The Herald Magazine*
Fascinating ... Houghton's history of drastic espionage failures is
amusing, surprising and, at times, almost beyond belief
*Daily Mail*
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