Spying on Science Western Intelligence in Divided Germany 1945-1961

by Maddrell, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780199267507
• ISBN10: 0199267502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	viii
Glossary	xii
Note on Sources and Terminology	xiii
Introduction	1	(16)
The Soviet Exploitation of German Science and the Origins of Scientific Containment	17	(36)
Refugees and Defectors	53	(29)
Other Key Sources of Intelligence	82	(21)
The Prisoners-of-war Come Home	103	(16)
Mass Espionage: Western Spying in Germany 1945--61	119	(29)
The Scientific and Military Spy Networks	148	(28)
The Inducement of Defection	176	(29)
Operation `Dragon Return'	205	(31)
The Western Secret Services and the Wall	236	(35)
The Uses of the Intelligence Gathered	271	(18)
Conclusion: The Years of the Germans	289	(14)
Appendix	303	(1)
Bibliography	304	(11)
Index	315