# Mark Stout

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**Mark Stout** is an American historian and intelligence studies scholar. Stout is the former [chief historian](/source/Chief_historian) and [curator](/source/Curator) at the [International Spy Museum](/source/International_Spy_Museum) in [Washington, D.C](/source/Washington,_D.C.).[1] He is currently an adjunct professor at the [Catholic University of America](/source/Catholic_University_of_America).[2] He is retired from [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University), where he directed the *Master of Arts in Global Security* program for eight years and simultaneously oversaw the *Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Intelligence* for four years.[3] Before entering academia, Stout spent over two decades in the United States national security community. He worked for twelve years as an [intelligence analyst](/source/Intelligence_analyst) and manager, and for one year served as Deputy Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence for Foreign Intelligence Relationships. He also worked with the [U.S. Army](/source/United_States_Army) and the [Institute for Defense Analyses](/source/Institute_for_Defense_Analyses), where he contributed to the [Iraqi Perspectives Project](/source/Iraqi_Perspectives_Project) and later directed the Terrorist Perspectives Project, both funded by the [Department of Defense](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense).[3]

## Books

- *Covert Action: National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention*
- *Secrets on Display: Stories and Spycraft from the International Spy Museum*
- *World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence*
- *Spy Chiefs, Volume 1: Intelligence Leaders in the United States and United Kingdom*
- *The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant’s Regime*
- *The Terrorist Perspectives Project: Strategic and Operational Views of Al Qaeda and Associated Movements*

## References

1. ["Mark Stout"](https://www.spymuseum.org/host-an-event/spy-speaker-series/mark-stout/). *International Spy Museum*. Retrieved 2025-09-17.

1. University, Catholic. ["Mark Stout, Ph.D."](https://politics.catholic.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/mark-stout/index.html). *The Catholic University of America*. Retrieved 2025-09-17.

1. London, King's College. ["Mark Stout"](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/mark-stout). *King's College London*. Retrieved 2025-09-17.

## External links

- [War on the Rocks articles](https://warontherocks.com/author/mark-stout/)
- [CSPAN archived videos](https://www.c-span.org/person/mark-stout/9275198/)

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