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Join the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Wednesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. for a livestreaming event with community college library director Philip Shackelford, who will discuss his book, Rise of the Mavericks.
Join the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Wednesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. for a livestreaming event with community college library director Philip Shackelford, who will discuss his book, Rise of the Mavericks: The U.S. Air Force Security and the Cold War, 1948-1979. Rise of the Mavericks traces the beginnings and subsequent development of the U.S. Air Force Security Service and fills the gap in the military and intelligence history literature.
Philip C. Shackelford is library director at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado, Arkansas. He has served as President of the Arkansas Library Association and was named an Emerging Leader by the American Library Association in 2019. Shackelford’s academic focus is on communications intelligence in the U.S. Air Force. He is also interested in national security, strategy, intelligence, and organizational culture.
