Paul Maddrell

Spying on Science

Western Intelligence in Divided Germany 1945-1961

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Produktbeschreibung

East Germany's scientific potential was contained by inducing leading scientists and engineers to defect to the West, and Paul Maddrell shows that the US Government's policy of 'containment' was more aggressive than has hitherto been accepted. He also demonstrates that the Western secret services' espionage in the GDR was very successful, even though the MfS and KGB achieved triumphs against them. George Blake twice did appalling damage the MI6's spy networks. The book reveals the identity of the most distinguished scientist to spy for the CIA as yet uncovered.

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The years 1945-61 were a golden age of Western intelligence collection from spies, defectors, and refugees. This book examines the methods of spying and intelligence collection in East and West Germany and assesses the importance of border security to the East German Communist state, the impact of intelligence on the arms race, and the aggressive dimension of the US Government's policy of containment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9780199267507
• ISBN-10: 0199267502
• Artikelnr.: 21422423

Autorenporträt

Paul Maddrell, Lecturer in International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Soviet Exploitation of German Science and the Origins of Scientific Containment
2: Refugees and Defectors
3: Other Key Sources of Intelligence
4: The Prisoners-of-War Come Home
5: Mass Espionage: Western Spying in Germany 1945-1961
6: The Scientific and Military Spy Networks
7: The Inducement of Defection
8: Operation 'Dragon Return'
9: The Western Secret Services and the Wall
10: The Uses of the Intelligence Gathered
Conclusion: The Years of the Germans
Appendix: map
Bibliography
Index