CI Centre Professor H. Keith Melton is a renowned military historian, author and expert on clandestine devices and equipment. He is recognized internationally as an authority on espionage paraphernalia and has assembled an unparalleled collection of spy devices, books, and papers of famous spies--a portion of which is currently on temporary display in the Cold War Exhibit within the headquarters of the CIA. Melton also serves as an advisor to US intelligence agencies on historical espionage equipment. 

Melton is the author of several books on espionage, including The Ultimate Spy Book which has a foreword written by former DCI William Colby and CI Centre Professor Oleg Kalugin. He has also written CIA Special Weapons and Equipment, OSS Special Weapons and Equipment and Clandestine Warfare and is working on a book about spy cameras. 

Melton has recently updated his Ultimate Spy book with new forewords by Richard Helms and Markus Wolf. Read the review of the book by Hayden Peake.

Melton is a US Naval Academy graduate, an accomplished businessman and has produced and consulted on a wide variety of television programs focused on espionage topics such as the Spies TV series, SpyTek and many others. He is a member of the board of advisors of the International Spy Museum, the National Historical Intelligence Museum and an active member of many other intelligence-related societies. 

Keith Melton Links 

Intelligence Speakers Bureau information

Jul 01: Smithsonian magazine article features Keith Melton's museum

• Keith Melton

• WWII spy kit

• Desktop of Duplicity

• NKVD uniforms

• Spy board games 

Spies in the Digital Age article by Melton

The Ultimate Spy Book

OSS Special Weapons and Equipment: Spy Devices of WWII

CIA Special Weapons & Equipment: Spy Devices of the Cold War

Clandestine Warfare: Weapons and Equipment of the SOE and OSS

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