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Spying through a glass darkly [electronic resource] :American espionage against the Soviet Union, 1945-1946 / David Alvarez and Eduard Mark.

By: Alvarez, David J.
Contributor(s): Mark, Eduard Maximilian | Project Muse.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780700621972.Subject(s): United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History | United States. War Department. Strategic Services Unit -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 327.7304709/044 Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
On the precipice of peace -- A mystery in an enigma -- Signs and portents -- Spies on the Danube -- A distant arena -- The nearer shore.
Scope and content: "This book chronicles the struggles of American intelligence agencies to come to grips with Europe's new postwar realities, including the growing dominance of the Soviet Union, its recent ally in the war against Hitler's Germany. Focusing on the Strategic Services Unit, which rose from the ashes of the OSS and took on missions that would eventually be embraced by the CIA, Alvarez illuminates a long-neglected and poorly understood chapter in what became the Cold War"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the precipice of peace -- A mystery in an enigma -- Signs and portents -- Spies on the Danube -- A distant arena -- The nearer shore.

"This book chronicles the struggles of American intelligence agencies to come to grips with Europe's new postwar realities, including the growing dominance of the Soviet Union, its recent ally in the war against Hitler's Germany. Focusing on the Strategic Services Unit, which rose from the ashes of the OSS and took on missions that would eventually be embraced by the CIA, Alvarez illuminates a long-neglected and poorly understood chapter in what became the Cold War"--Provided by publisher.

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