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9780521887472

Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521887472

  • ISBN10:

    052188747X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-03-17
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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More fascinating than fiction, Seduced by Secrets takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home. Seduced by Secrets draws on secret files from the Stasi archives to demonstrate that the Stasi overestimated the power of secrets to solve problems and created an insular spy culture more intent on securing its power than protecting national security. It recreates the Stasi's secret world of technology through biographies of agents, defectors, and officers and by visualizing James Bondlike techniques and gadgets. In this highly original book, Kristie Macrakis adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Stasi by bringing the topic into the realm of espionage history and exiting the political domain.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs, Charts, and Tablep. ix
Abbreviations and Organizationsp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xvii
Introductionp. xvii
High-Tech
Agent Gorbachevp. 8
Stealing Secretsp. 20
Hero, Traitor, Playboy, Spyp. 51
The Crown Jewelsp. 74
"Kid" and "Paul"p. 94
The Computer Fiascop. 112
Spy-Tech
James Bond, Communist-Stylep. 142
Communicating Secretsp. 179
Secret Writing Revealedp. 199
Eye Spyp. 225
Big Earsp. 253
Smell Sciencep. 281
Spy Dustp. 296
Note on Archival Sourcesp. 317
Notesp. 319
Indexp. 351
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