Capital of Spies
Intelligence Agencies in Berlin During the Cold War
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2021
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-000-8 (ISBN)
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-000-8 (ISBN)
An illustrated account of the intelligence services operating in Cold War Berlin.
For almost half a century, the hottest front in the Cold War was right across Berlin. From summer 1945 until 1990, the secret services of NATO and the Warsaw Pact fought an ongoing duel in the dark. Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides: Erich Mielke's Stasi and Reinhard Gehlen's Federal Intelligence Service, for example.
The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage - the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. but the fundamentals had not changed: Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact which makes it all the more surprising that there are hardly any books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the spectacular successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.
For almost half a century, the hottest front in the Cold War was right across Berlin. From summer 1945 until 1990, the secret services of NATO and the Warsaw Pact fought an ongoing duel in the dark. Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides: Erich Mielke's Stasi and Reinhard Gehlen's Federal Intelligence Service, for example.
The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage - the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. but the fundamentals had not changed: Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact which makes it all the more surprising that there are hardly any books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the spectacular successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.
Bernd Von Kostka is curator at the Allied Cold War Museum in Berlin. Sven Felix Kellerhoff is a journalist.
Foreword
SPY HUB BERLIN
RESURRECTED FROM THE RUINS
DIGGING FOR GOLD
LICENCE TO SPY
EARLY CONFRONTATION
MIELKE'S MEN
IN THE "ESPIONAGE JUNGLE"
COLD WAR PRACTICE
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.11.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | b/w images throughout |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63624-000-3 / 1636240003 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63624-000-8 / 9781636240008 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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