Paul Skousen

Paul Skousen is a son of W. Cleon Skousen, and is a writer of books including The Naked Socialist. He has written other books aimed at the Latter Day Saint market.

Skousen studied at Brigham Young University in communications and journalism, and at Georgetown University in national security studies.[citation needed] He worked as a military analyst, trainer, and watch officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and as an intelligence officer for two years in the White House Situation Room during the Reagan Administration. He and his wife, the former Kathy Bradshaw, are the parents of ten children.

In December 2009 Skousen was involved in a discussion at BYU in which he defended the political ideas of his father.[1] In July 2013 Skousen was interviewed on BookTV regarding The Naked Socialist.[2]

  1. ^ Israelsen-Hartley, Sara (December 5, 2009), "BYU profs: Glenn Beck doesn't speak for all Mormons", Deseret News, archived from the original on March 3, 2016
  2. ^ "Book Discussion on The Naked Socialist". C-SPAN. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2015. Paul Skousen talked about his book, The Naked Socialist, which completes the trilogy that was started by his father, Cleon Skousen, author of The Naked Communist and The Naked Capitalist. He was interviewed at FreedomFest, an annual libertarian conference held July 10–13, 2013, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.