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“A grounded, human perspective ... captures the feeling, thoughts, anxieties, and powerful emotions many young service members felt. Will help shape future military and intelligence historians.”
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“A grounded, human perspective ... captures the feeling, thoughts, anxieties, and powerful emotions many young service members felt. Will help shape future military and intelligence historians.”
“Scholarship of the highest order … will likely define its immediate field. Philip Shackelford has crafted an insightful analysis … Rise of the Mavericks represents a vital contribution.”
— Dr. Sebastian Lukasik, Air Command and Staff College, U.S. Air Force
“Rise of the Mavericks is an extraordinarily well-researched book, and a pleasure to read. Shackelford helps to fill a glaring hole in our understanding of the history of Cold War signals intelligence. A must-read for all audiences interested in this fascinating subject.”
— Dr. Vince Houghton, author of The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin
“Shackelford not only fills an important gap in understanding the development of the U.S. national security state but also succeeds in humanizing the story of the transition the U.S. government made as it moved from the Second World War to the Cold War.”
— Dr. Sara Castro, President, North American Society for Intelligence History and Associate Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy