A Brief History of the Cold War with Thomas Yeggy (new fiction!)

Thomas Yeggy is the author of "Mushroom Cloud" which is a fasincating book of fiction (more below). In this talk, we talk about the realities of the cold war and his research into this book and its real-life realities. History buffs, this for you!

In "Mushroom Cloud: Book I of the First Strike Series," readers are introduced to Caleb Young, a seasoned Chief CIA Scientist who has served as a nuclear diplomacy advisor to Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. However, following Kennedy's assassination and Young's denigration of the Warren Commission Report, he finds himself at the center of a Department of Justice inquiry, threatening to destabilize the CIA's covert funding for paramilitary operations.