1869, Ep. 79 with Vince Houghton, author of The Nuclear Spies

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Vince Houghton, author of the new book The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin. Follow Vince at @intelhistorian Vince Houghton is Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum. He taught courses in Cold War history and intelligence history at the University of Maryland and is the host and creative director of Spycast, the Spy Museum's popular podcast. His work has been published widely in such media as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The Economist, Vanity Fair, and many others. We spoke to Vince Houghton about why the US government was unable to create an effective intelligence system to monitor the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities, what were some of the incorrect assumptions Americans made about Soviet science, and what were the strategic repercussions of these errors for the US as the Cold War deepened. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.