Ballistic Missiles, Culture, and the Cold War

My guest today is Dr. David Bath. Dr. Bath is an Assistant Professor of History and Faculty Advisor for the Student Veteran Association at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s in History from Texas A&M – Commerce and his Master’s in History from the University of North Dakota, and completed a Master’s in Strategic Intelligence at the National Intelligence University before moving back to complete his PhD in History at Texas A&M. He served as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Air force from 1988 to 2009, with assignments such as Air Force Representative to the National Military Joint Intelligence Center, Counterterrorism Analyst for U.S Central Command, Chief of the Counterterrorism for U.S. Central Command deployed headquarters, and Deputy Director of Intelligence at the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, which of course, is a direct organizational descendent of the agency my research has focused on, the U.S. Air Force Security Service. Dr. Bath received the Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching from Rogers State University in 2019, and is the author of numerous book reviews and presentations as well as his first book, Assured Destruction: Building the Ballistic Missile Culture of the U.S. Air Force from the Naval Institute Press, which is the subject of our conversation today.