Archaeology of the Teufelsberg : exploring Western electronic intelligence gathering in Cold War Berlin / Wayne D Cocroft and John Schofield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cocroft, Wayne, author.

Schofield, John, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge archaeologies of the contemporary world.

Routledge archaeologies of the contemporary world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military archaeology.

Electronic intelligence.

History.

Espionage, American.

Espionage, British.

Teufelsberg (Berlin, Germany).

Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990.

Berlin (Germany).

Berlin (Germany)--Antiquities.

Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Germany--Berlin.

Germany--Berlin--Teufelsberg.

Espionage, British--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.

Espionage, American--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.

Electronic intelligence--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.

Cold War.

Military archaeology--Germany--Berlin.

Radomes.

Antiquities.

Buildings.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 162 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"For over fifty years, the white radomes of the Teufelsberg have been one of Berlin's most prominent landmarks. For half of this time the city lay over 100 miles behind an 'Iron Curtain' that divided East from West, and was surrounded by communist East Germany and the densest concentration of Warsaw Pact military forces in Europe. From the vantage point high on the Teufelsberg, British and American personnel constantly monitored the electronic emissions from the surrounding military forces, as well as high-level political intelligence. Today, the Teufelsberg stands as a contemporary and spectacular ruin, representing a significant relic of a lost cyber space of Cold War electronic emissions and espionage. Based on archaeological fieldwork and recently declassified documents this book presents a new history of the Teufelsberg and other Western intelligence gathering sites in Berlin. At a time when intelligence gathering is once more under close scrutiny, when questions are being asked about the intelligence relationship between the US and Germany, and amidst wider debate about the USA's National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence programmes, sites like the Teufelsberg raise questions that appear both important and timely"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Berlin becomes the Cold War espionage capital

Electronic intelligence gathering : beginnings

The Teufelsberg, history and context

Archaeological investigation : methods and approaches

Site description

Architectural summary and overview

Closure.

Notes:

"Routledge Focus"--Front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138337107

1138337102

OCLC:

1079412509