{"product_id":"9781788163309","title":"Nuking the Moon : And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Best Left on the Drawing Board","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Houghton, Vince, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/11\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Espionage \u0026amp; secret services,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781788163309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eBomb-carrying bats. Poisoned flower arrangements. Cigars laced with mind-altering drugs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eListening 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternatively 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022243922073,"sku":"9781788163309","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781788163309.jpg?v=1594321113","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781788163309","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}