On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961

Steury, Donald P. (ed)

ISBN 10: 1929667019 / ISBN 13: 9781929667017

Published by Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA, Washington, DC, 1999

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575 pages . Contains intelligence documents dealing with every aspect of the espionage war in Berlin from 1945 to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Clean Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 011760

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1929667019
• ISBN 13: 9781929667017
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - Wraps
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cold War
  • Germany

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Synopsis

From the beginning of the Allied occupation of Berlin in 1946, through the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the city was a well-known "den of espionage" and was perhaps the most significant center of activity during the early stages of the Cold War. On the Front Lines of the Cold War makes use of declassified materials from both sides of the conflict to shed light on the struggle that helped shape the early days of the post-World War II 20th Century.
Edited by Donald P. Steury, curator of the CIA's Historical Intelligence Collection and a senior historian on the CIA History Staff, On the Front Lines of the Cold War uses a variety of documents including internal memoranda written by American intelligence personnel in Berlin, field intelligence reports, and National Intelligence Estimates, to recreate what Steury calls the "classical period of the intelligence war in Berlin."