Tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented the war before independence 1775. Derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u. S. Air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. In 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m. I. T. Where he also fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. To more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. Dereks first book igniting the American Revolution, 1773 to 1775 received an Honorable Mention here at the Fraunces Tavern museum book award in april. Dereks second book, the sequel, the war before independence and that was released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [ applause ] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here at the Fraunces Tavern. Its exciting to give a historic lecture at a historic site. I
Retired cia operative Kenneth Daigler looks at u. S. Intelligence efforts and revolution were and the war in defeating the british. From George Washingtons interest and use of counterintelligence practices, an Espionage Network operate in your city. This is just under one hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the International Spy museum. My name is vince houghton, oms pod museum the story and curator of like to welcome all of you to another author debriefing. Today subject will be the american revolution, and intelligence. Were joined by an exceptional often will introduce momentarily. Before that i watched a couple words about the revolution itself and history about intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. Most of us when we went through school, even in College Level dont delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. Thats quite problematic because if you
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