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Target Tokyo : the story of the Sorge spy ring

Title: Target Tokyo : the story of the Sorge spy ring / Gordon W. Prange, with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon.
Author: Prange, Gordon W. (Gordon William), 1910-1980.
Publication: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1984.

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Description

xviii, 595 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Sorge was a Nazi spy. He secured his access to intelligence informations by getting a position at the German embassy in Tokyo. He warned Stalin that Hitler would invade the Soviet Union one month before it happened. Stalin did not believe him-no one knows why.

Subject

Genre/Form

collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 573-578.

Contents

Introduction -- Major characters -- The German embassy in Tokyo as Sorge knew it in 1941 -- Part 1 : Forging the ring. Mr. R. Sorge -- Slightly different from the average -- We could work well together -- You might try Tokyo -- No equivalent in history -- You are going to Tokyo -- He will be your boss -- Spy activity with Sorge -- Collecting information and intelligence -- The bright prospects I foresaw -- I am Sorge -- A useful man -- He himself respected Ozaki very much -- Part 2 : Turning the ring. Risen in revolt -- Hot after some sort of queer enterprise -- Busy with the secret work -- Love and tenderness -- On the edge of a precipice -- Work only with Sorge -- Dangerous political experiments -- Very strenuous work -- An incident in Northern China -- The China incident will spread -- Secret and important -- Free run of the embassy -- The accident could have killed me -- If it is Shanghai, I will go -- A big trouble -- The time is not ripe enough -- Much valuable information on Japanese politics -- A very crucial meaning -- A Russian victory -- Something fishy was going on -- A considerably high position -- Clausen has had a heart attack -- The flow of information -- An overcoat for a very cold country -- Konoye came up again -- I spy you.
Part 3 : Spinning the ring. Russia was excluded -- Japan is demanding too much -- Sick and tired of spy work -- Many anxious moments -- Continue to be on the lookout -- Difficulties for Sorge -- The Soviet Union ignored our report -- Attack Soviet Russia -- Some influence on Japanese policy -- A fateful day -- Too early to make a final judgment -- Japan-United States negotiations -- Worried about Miyake-san -- Sorge will become a god -- Getting into dangerous ground -- Released from a heavy burden -- Guaranteed against Japanese attack -- Part 4 : Breaking the ring. He had crossed the barrier of death -- A very quiet arrest -- An uneasy feeling -- This is the end -- Clausen's fatal error -- I am defeated -- A hard worker even in prison -- The transition period -- Sorge-san is a spy -- I take full responsibility -- Fight the cold bravely -- Epilogue : Forever a stranger -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Notes -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Articles by Richard Sorge for the Frankfurter-Zeitung : 1940 -- Articles by Richard Sorge for the Frankfurter-Zeitung : 1941 -- Articles by Richard Sorge (R.S.) for the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik.

ISBN

0070506779
9780070506770
0340374217
9780340374214

LCCN

84003866

OCLC

ocm10457739
10457739
SCSB-622397

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library