This week on SpyCast, Andrew was joined by Mark Stout to discuss his new book, World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence. Mark has served as an intelligence analyst for both the CIA and the US Department of State and was previously a Senior Lecturer and the Program Director for the MA in Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Common historical thought places the genesis of formalized intelligence during the Second World War, but Mark argues otherwise. In fact, he says, World War I proved that intelligence was an indispensable asset to nations during both war and peace. Tune in to learn more about the littleknown American intelligence history of the Great War.

And…

Before “Freedom Fries,” there was Liberty Cabbage. GermanAmericans during WWI faced extreme xenophobia – Not even German food could escape the spy paranoia and scrutiny. In newspapers and grocery stores across the country, sauerkraut became “Liberty Cabbage,” hamburgers became “Liberty Steak,” and frankfurters became “Liberty Sausage.”

Quotes of the Week
“[After World War I] there will never be a time again when the United States won't have squadrons in the Army Air Corps, later the U. S. Air Force, and similarly the Navy. We would never again be without aerial reconnaissance squadrons. There would never again be a time when the United States didn't have at least one codebreaking organization.” – Mark Stout.

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HOST Dr. Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligencerelated artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years in the RAF, Public Humanities at the 9/11 Museum in NYC, Fellowships here, there, and everywhere, and academia. He is author of the forthcoming book: "Struggles for Freedom": Afghanistan & US Foreign Policy Since 1979. He loves bialys.

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