"Compulsively readable laugh out loud history." Mary RoachBomb-carrying bats. Poisoned flower arrangements. Cigars laced with mind-altering drugs. Listening devices implanted into specially-trained cats. A torpedo-proof aircraft carrier made out of ice and sawdust. And a CIA plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon...just because. In Nuking the Moon,Vince Houghton,Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum,collects the most inspired,implausible and downright bizarre military intelligence schemes that never quite made it off the drawing board. From the grandly ambitious to the truly devious,they illuminate a new side of warfare,revealing how a combination of desperation and innovation led not only to daring missions and brilliant technological advances,but to countless plans and experiments that failed spectacularly. Alternatively terrifying and hilarious,and combining archival research with newly-conducted interviews,these twenty-six chapters reveal not only what might have happened,but also what each one tells us about the history and people around it. If'military intelligence'makes you think of James Bond and ingenious exploding gadgets...get ready for the true story.
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781788163309Number of pages: 304Weight: 215 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mmEdition: Main
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There's a lot of idiocy in these pages to admire,and all of it's given the gloss of Houghton's natural wit.A collection of tales sure to entertain as well as informHilariously skewers some of the military and intelligence community's weirdest,wackiest,and most outlandish plots,plans,and covert operationsVince 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.These are amazing tales,and readers may...be left pondering whether the book will be shelved among works of history or science fiction novels.Compulsively readable laugh out loud historyAlternately terrifying and hilarious...if'military intelligence'makes you think of James Bond and ingenious exploding gadgets...get ready for the true storyMakes you wonder what schemes the secret service are conducting right now.Fascinating...Houghton's history of drastic espionage failures is amusing,surprising and,at times,almost beyond belief
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