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Spymaster The Real-Life Karla, His Moles, and the East German Secret Police

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ISBN-10: 0201407388

ISBN-13: 9780201407389

Edition: N/A

Authors: Leslie R. Colitt

List price: $23.00
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Description:

In this penetrating look at the life and character of Markus Wolf, the most successful Communist spymaster of the Cold war, the author raises an intriguing question: Did this ruthless and charming man have to pay any price, morally or physically, for forty years as head of the East German Stasi’s feared foreign intelligence network?The answer is, not really. As Wolf looks back on his life from his luxury high-rise apartment in East Berlin, he denies any direct responsibility for the human wreckage caused by his service and is unrepentant about his beliefs. In 1995 a high German court seemed to vindicate him, repealing a prison sentence for treason on the grounds that he was only doing his…    
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Book details

List price: $23.00
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 10/29/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Prologue
Epilogue
Sources
Notes
Index