Mark Stout
@markstout.bsky.social
Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea.
Thank you! Makes me grit my teeth every time he says that.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thank you! Makes me grit my teeth every time he says that.
As long as you’re not facing the windows. Or really in the same room as the windows.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As long as you’re not facing the windows. Or really in the same room as the windows.
Does it in fact force Johnson to do anything? That’s not clear to me but I’m no Congress maven.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Does it in fact force Johnson to do anything? That’s not clear to me but I’m no Congress maven.
The first two are the editions that I read first. Don't know where they are. I think I loved them to death. The ROTK that I read back then had a different, much less appealing, cover.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The first two are the editions that I read first. Don't know where they are. I think I loved them to death. The ROTK that I read back then had a different, much less appealing, cover.
Yeah, I have to assume those hardbacks from academic publishers at such prices are largely aimed at the library market.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yeah, I have to assume those hardbacks from academic publishers at such prices are largely aimed at the library market.
It gets into the 60’s, if I recall correctly. Been a while since I looked at the text. Will be browsing it tonight, renewing my acquaintance.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It gets into the 60’s, if I recall correctly. Been a while since I looked at the text. Will be browsing it tonight, renewing my acquaintance.
I love Sherman Kent's description in the book of OSS R&A chief and later CIA officer Walter Langer. "When he got into a subject matter, God help it; he ripped its clothes off irrespective of difficulty."
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love Sherman Kent's description in the book of OSS R&A chief and later CIA officer Walter Langer. "When he got into a subject matter, God help it; he ripped its clothes off irrespective of difficulty."
I saw a discussion on LinkedIn saying that a bunch of the footnotes turned out not to refer to real works. I have not looked into this myself.
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I saw a discussion on LinkedIn saying that a bunch of the footnotes turned out not to refer to real works. I have not looked into this myself.
Monumentally bad idea. Bad for actual counterintelligence and bad for American democracy and liberties.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Monumentally bad idea. Bad for actual counterintelligence and bad for American democracy and liberties.
I know an associate dean that the author of that article should meet.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I know an associate dean that the author of that article should meet.