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Archaeology of the Teufelsberg : exploring Western electronic intelligence gathering in Cold War Berlin

Title

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

Author

Cocroft, Wayne

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Additional Authors

Schofield, John, 1948-

Description

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

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"--

Series Statement

Routledge Focus
Routledge archaeologies of the contemporary world

Alternative Title

Western electronic intelligence gathering in Cold War Berlin

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

"Routledge Focus"--Front cover.

Bibliography (note)

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

Language (note)

Includes summaries in English, Russian, German, French, and Spanish.

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.

Call Number

JFD 19-5525

ISBN

9781138337107
1138337102
9780429442629 (canceled/invalid)
9780429809620 (canceled/invalid)
9780429809637 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018054365

OCLC

1079412509

Author

Cocroft, Wayne, author.

Title

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

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge Focus

Routledge archaeologies of the contemporary world

Bibliography

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

Language

Includes summaries in English, Russian, German, French, and Spanish.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Schofield, John, 1948- author.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-5525

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