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"Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy" – with Michael Vickers
Summary
What You’ll LearnIntelligence
Michael Vickers (Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his remarkable career and memoir. He was formerly the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
What You’ll LearnIntelligence
Reflections
And much, much more …
Episode Notes
Episode Notes
Michael Vickers has been on a heck of a ride. He started out as a U.S. Army private with no degree and went on to oversee hundreds of thousands of people as the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence while holding a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. Michael is the author of By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operation & Strategy.
"That weapon was called the Special Atomic Demolition Munition [i.e., “Nuclear Backpack] ...it was a sporty, uh, you know, it seemed like a good idea when I was 23 years old. So, there you have it." – Michael Vickers.
“The Nuclear Doomsday Machine” – with Sean Maloney (2022_
“The Spies Who Came in From the Cold” - Chris Costa and John Quattrocki (2022)
“The Spymaster’s Prism” – CIA Legend Jack Devine (2021)
“Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service” – Hank Crumpton (2012)
“The CIA and the End of the Cold War” – Milt Bearden (2011)
*Beginner Resources*
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Homeschool History (2022) [2:25 min video]
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023) [3-minute read]
The Operation That Took Out Osama Bin Laden, Military.com (2023) [3-minute read]
The Plan to Get Osama, ABC News (2012) [6:44 min video]
DEEPER DIVEVideo
The End of a Superpower - The Collapse of the Soviet Union, DW Documentaries (2022)
Manhunt: The Search for Osma bin Laden, HBO (2013)
Afghanistan 1979, the War that Changed the World, Gulya Mirzoeva, Icarus Films (2015)
Red Star Over Khyber, PBS Frontline (1984)
Primary Sources
*Wildcard Resource*
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Summary
What You’ll LearnIntelligence
Michael Vickers (Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his remarkable career and memoir. He was formerly the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
What You’ll LearnIntelligence
Reflections
And much, much more …
Episode Notes
Episode Notes
Michael Vickers has been on a heck of a ride. He started out as a U.S. Army private with no degree and went on to oversee hundreds of thousands of people as the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence while holding a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. Michael is the author of By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operation & Strategy.
"That weapon was called the Special Atomic Demolition Munition [i.e., “Nuclear Backpack] ...it was a sporty, uh, you know, it seemed like a good idea when I was 23 years old. So, there you have it." – Michael Vickers.
“The Nuclear Doomsday Machine” – with Sean Maloney (2022_
“The Spies Who Came in From the Cold” - Chris Costa and John Quattrocki (2022)
“The Spymaster’s Prism” – CIA Legend Jack Devine (2021)
“Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service” – Hank Crumpton (2012)
“The CIA and the End of the Cold War” – Milt Bearden (2011)
*Beginner Resources*
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Homeschool History (2022) [2:25 min video]
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023) [3-minute read]
The Operation That Took Out Osama Bin Laden, Military.com (2023) [3-minute read]
The Plan to Get Osama, ABC News (2012) [6:44 min video]
DEEPER DIVEVideo
The End of a Superpower - The Collapse of the Soviet Union, DW Documentaries (2022)
Manhunt: The Search for Osma bin Laden, HBO (2013)
Afghanistan 1979, the War that Changed the World, Gulya Mirzoeva, Icarus Films (2015)
Red Star Over Khyber, PBS Frontline (1984)
Primary Sources
*Wildcard Resource*
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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