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Author:

Allen, Keith R. (Keith Richard), author.

Title:

Interrogation nation : refugees and spies in Cold War Germany / Keith R. Allen.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxxii, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.
Germany (West)--Politics and government.
Germany (East)--Politics and government.
Refugees--Germany--History--20th century.
Spies--Germany--History--20th century.
Questioning--History--Germany--History--20th century.
Internal security--Germany--History--20th century.
Cold War--Political aspects--Germany.
Western countries--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1538101513
9781538101513

OCLC:

(OCoLC)967186686

LCCN:

2016057002

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)