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Interrogation nation : refugees and spies in Cold War Germany / Keith R. Allen.
Van Pelt Library DD257.4 .A5886 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Keith R. (Keith Richard), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Internal security.
- History.
- Questioning.
- Spies.
- Refugees.
- Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Germany.
- Politics and government.
- Germany (West)--Politics and government.
- Germany (West).
- Germany (East)--Politics and government.
- Germany (East).
- Refugees--Germany--History--20th century.
- Spies--Germany--History--20th century.
- Questioning--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Internal security--Germany--History--20th century.
- Cold War--Political aspects--Germany.
- Cold War.
- Western countries--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Western countries.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Western countries.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on newly declassified espionage files, Keith R. Allen reveals long-hidden interrogation systems that were set up by Germany's Western occupiers to protect internal security and gather intelligence about the Soviet Union as the Cold War brought millions of refugees and tens of thousands of spies to Germany"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Migrants, spies, and security in Cold War Germany
- Part I. Places
- The Allied enclave of West Berlin
- Debriefing in West Germany
- Part II. Personalities
- British initiators : Scientific, Technical and Intelligence Branch
- American liberators : the Counter Intelligence Corps
- West German administrators : the Federal Intelligence Service (BND)
- Part III. Practices
- Westward migration and East Germany's Stasi
- Shared approaches to security questioning
- Conclusion: Refugee screening : the past as prologue
- Appendix: The changing state of archival access.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Allen, Keith R. (Keith Richard), author. Interrogation nation
- ISBN:
- 9781538101513
- 1538101513
- OCLC:
- 967186686
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