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Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World

by Kristie Macrakis

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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, for the first time, 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, employing universal, highly guarded techniques often used by other spy and security agencies. Seduced by Secrets draws on secret files from the Stasi archives, including CIA-acquired material, interviews and friendships, court documents, and unusual visits to spy sites, including breaking into a prison, 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 East German Ministry for State Security by bringing the topic into the realm of espionage history and exiting the political domain.

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Seduced by Secrets reveals the secret technical sources and methods of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security).

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Going inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history, "Seduced by Secrets" reveals the clandestine technical methods and sources of the East German Stasi as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home.
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ISBN:
9780521887472
Subtitle:
Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World
Author:
Macrakis, Kristie
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Subject:
Technological innovations
Subject:
Intelligence service
Subject:
Espionage
Subject:
Europe - General
Subject:
Europe - Germany
Subject:
Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence
Subject:
Germany (east)
Copyright:
2008
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
370
Dimensions:
920x634x105 144
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