Historical dictionary of German intelligence /
No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years. Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe, Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives, especially during the Cold War. As a result of this,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Scarecrow Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence ;
no. 11. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | No country can rival the sheer diversity of intelligence organizations that Germany has experienced over the past 300 years. Given its pivotal geographical and political position in Europe, Germany was a magnet for foreign intelligence operatives, especially during the Cold War. As a result of this, it is no wonder that during certain periods of history Germany was probably busier spying on its own citizens than on its enemies. Because of the Gestapo and the SS of Nazi Germany to the Stasi of the German Democratic Republic, the fear of domestic abuse by security agencies with police powers run. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 543 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-541). |
ISBN: | 9780810863200 0810863200 |