Battleground Berlin CIA vs. KGB in the Cold War

Name: Battleground Berlin CIA vs. KGB in the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780300078718

ISBN-10: 0300078714

ISBN-13: 9780300078718

Edition: 1999

Authors: David E. Murphy, Sergei A. Kondrashev, George Bailey

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This book, an operational and organisational history of the world's 2 most important secret service organisations during a critical time, unveils the vital connection between intelligence gathering and political decision-making at the highest level.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/10/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Key Players


List of Abbreviations


Behind the Lines in the Cold War




CIA's Berlin Base: A Question of Knowledge



KGB Karlshorst: How It All Began



The Berlin Blockade Challenges Western Ingenuity and Perseverance



The Korean War: Pretext or Premise for Rearming West Germany?



Cold Warriors in Berlin: A New Era in CIA Operations



East German State Security and Intelligence Services Are Born



Stalin Offers Peace, but the Cold War Continues



Soviet Intelligence Falters After Stalin's Death: New Revelations About Beria's Role



The Events of June 1953



The Mysterious Case of Otto John



The Berlin Tunnel: Fact and Fiction



Redcap Operations



BOB Concentrates on Karlshorst



The Illegals Game: KGB vs. GRU



KGB and MfS: Partners or Competitors?



Khrushchev's Ultimatum



BOB Counters the Soviet Propaganda Campaign



Bluffs, Threats, and Counterpressures



Facing the Inevitable



Countdown to the Wall



The Berlin Wall: Winners and Losers


Epilogue



More Detail from CIA and KGB Archives



The Merger of KPD and SPD: Origins of SED



Double Agents, Double Trouble



The Mysterious Case of Leonid Malinin, a.k.a. Georgiev



MGB at Work in East Germany



Was It Worth It? What the Berlin Tunnel Produced



BOB's Attempts to Protect Karlshorst Sources Backfire



KGB Illegals in Karlshorst: The Third Department



Soviet Active Measures: A Brief Overview



Operation Gold (SIS document obtained by George Blake)


Notes


Index