Hitler's Spies German Military Intelligence In World War II

by KAHN, DAVID

• ISBN13: 9780306809491
• ISBN10: 0306809494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-14
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

The first full account of Hitler's extensive intelligence network-and the dramatic story of how Germany lost the battle of the secret services in World War II.

Author Biography

David Kahn spent eight years researching and writing this book, including a year in the German military archives. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Oxford and is also the author of the acclaimed best-seller The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing. He lives in Great Neck, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
I. PROLOGUE
The Climax of German Spying in America	3	(24)
Protozoa, Speech, and History	27	(15)
The Institutions of Control	42	(25)
II. THE FINDERS
Cylinders	67	(6)
The Military Attache	73	(12)
Private Sectors, Public Secrets	85	(16)
Before the Main Body	101	(13)
The World from the Sky	114	(22)
Questioning the Foe	136	(16)
Betrayers in Paper and Steel	152	(8)
The Overt Factor	160	(12)
Hearing Diplomats Chatter	172	(17)
Electric Probings	189	(24)
The Codebreaker Who Helped the U-Boats	213	(10)
The Admiral and His Abwehr	223	(28)
Apparat	251	(21)
Operations of the Infrastructures	272	(30)
Battalions of Spies	302	(71)
III. THE WEIGHERS
The Military Economists	373	(7)
In the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine	380	(11)
O Qu IV and OKW / WFSt / Ic	391	(8)
The Third General Staff Officer	399	(19)
Foreign Armies East and West	418	(27)
IV. THE CASES
The Greatest Mistake	445	(17)
The Biggest Surprise	462	(17)
The Ultimate Failure	479	(44)
V. EPILOGUE
Hubris, Glory, Charisma, Fiihrer	523	(24)
Citations, Translations, Abbreviations	547	(6)
Notes	553	(60)
Bibliography	613	(34)
Illustrations Acknowledgments	647	(4)
Index	651