Historical dictionary of German intelligence
No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years. Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe, Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives, especially during the Cold War. As a result of this, it is no wonder that during certain periods of history Germany was probably busier spying on its own citizens than on its enemies. Because of the Gestapo and the SS of Nazi Germany to the Stasi of t…
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- Full title :Historical dictionary of German intelligence / Jefferson Adams.
Summary
No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years. Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe, Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives, especially during the Cold War. As a result of this, it is no wonder that during certain periods of history Germany was probably busier spying on its own citizens than on its enemies. Because of the Gestapo and the SS of Nazi Germany to the Stasi of the German Democratic Republic, the fear of domestic abuse by security agencies with police powers run.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scarecrow Press
- Place of Publication:Lanham, Md
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
Notes
Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendixes; Bibliography; About the Author.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 543 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780810863200, 0810863200, 9780810855434, 0810855437
- oclc:on1105496522
- Dewey Decimal:327.43003
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