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Capital of Spies: Intelligence Agencies in Berlin During the Cold War Kindle Edition

by Sven Felix Kellerhoff (Author), Bernd Von Kostka (Author), Linden Lyons (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition

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“An interesting, well-documented overview of Cold War espionage in Berlin” including photographs (Studies in Intelligence).

For almost half a century, the hottest front in the Cold War ran through Berlin. From summer 1945 until 1990, the secret services of NATO and the Warsaw Pact fought an ongoing duel in the dark. Throughout the Cold War, espionage was part of everyday life in both East and West Berlin, with German spies playing a crucial part of operations on both sides: Erich Mielke’s Stasi and Reinhard Gehlen’s Federal Intelligence Service, for example.

The construction of the wall in 1961 changed the political situation and the environment for espionage—the invisible front was now concreted and unmistakable. But the fundamentals had not changed: Berlin was and would remain the capital of spies until the fall of the Berlin Wall, a fact that makes it all the more surprising that there are hardly any books about the work of the secret services in Berlin during the Cold War. Now in this compelling volume, journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff and historian Bernd von Kostka describe the spectacular successes and failures of the various secret services based in the city.

“Engaging and useful.” —Journal of Military History

Editorial Reviews

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"...there is much to like about this engaging and useful volume. It should ﬁnd a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the history of intelligence or the story of Berlin’s Cold War."
Journal of Military History

"...provides holistic lessons from unique sources regarding intelligence activities that shaped and continue to shape the modem European security environment."
American Intelligence Journal

"...an interesting, well-documented overview of Cold War espionage in Berlin."
Studies in Intelligence

"...it fills a niche and provides a solid introduction to those agencies, their functions, and some notable operational achievements and setbacks."
Journal of Strategic Security

About the Author

LINDEN LYONS holds a master’s degree in history from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He studied German at the University of Freiburg and librarianship at the University of Canberra. He is the translator of several titles in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series, most recently Counter-Strike Operations, Normandy, and Rome to the Po River.