watch more history of holidays online, c-span.org/history. tonight s program inside the cold war, why it matters. i am james brundage and i will be your host for this evening s program which is offered by the international spy museum. i m joined by colonel chris costa and doctor andrew hammond. chris costa is director of the international spy museum and 34 year veteran of the department of defense. previously he served 25 years in the united states army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special operations forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. he ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. he won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. in 2013 he was inducted into the united states special operations command hall of honor for lifetime service for us specia
i am james brundage and i will be your host for this evening s program which is offered by the international spy museum. i m joined by colonel chris costa and doctor andrew hammond. chris costa is director of the international spy museum and 34 year veteran of the department of defense. previously he served 25 years in the united states army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special operations forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. he ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. he won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. in 2013 he was inducted into the united states special operations command hall of honor for lifetime service for us special operations. most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism a
tonight we have giles milton, best-selling author of 11 works of narrative history. his most recent works work is churchill s ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, being developed into a major tv series. he also published in 25 languages. he was in london and burgundy. he is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a reese witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a new york times notable book and shortlist. victoria gosling s before the room. welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. thank you, so nice to be here. hello to both of you. great to be here. i will let you get on with it. giles and i will dive into the conversation rather than reading something. we have so much to talk about. that works for me. wonderful. i worked with giles, it was my pleasure to read it a handful of times it w
i m joined by colonel chris costa and doctor andrew hammond. chris costa is director of the international spy museum and 34 year veteran of the department of defense. previously he served 25 years in the united states army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special operations forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. he ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. he won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. in 2013 he was inducted into the united states special operations command hall of honor for lifetime service for us special operations. most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the national security council. doctor andrew hammond is historian and curator at the international spy museum his inter
I am James Brundage and i will be your host for this Evenings Program which is offered by the International Spy museum. Im joined by colonel chris costa and doctor Andrew Hammond. Chris costa is director of the International Spy museum and 34 year veteran of the department of defense. Previously he served 25 years in the United States army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special Operations Forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. He ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. He won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. In 2013 he was inducted into the United States special Operations Command hall of honor for Lifetime Service for us special operations. Most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the Nation