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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      04 December 2009
      17 March 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511511899
      9780521887472
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511899
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.65kg, 392 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
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    More fascinating than fiction, Seduced by Secrets takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home. Seduced by Secrets draws on secret files from the Stasi archives to demonstrate that the Stasi overestimated the power of secrets to solve problems and created an insular spy culture more intent on securing its power than protecting national security. It recreates the Stasi's secret world of technology through biographies of agents, defectors, and officers and by visualizing James Bond-like techniques and gadgets. In this highly original book, Kristie Macrakis adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Stasi by bringing the topic into the realm of espionage history and exiting the political domain.

    Reviews

    'Undergraduate students will delight in the writing style and the sensational revelations.'

    Source: Journal of Cold War Studies

    '… interesting … refreshing … most useful…'

    Source: Central European History

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