Kidnap City Cold War Berlin

Subjects:

• History » European History -- Modern/20th Century
• History » American History -- 1946 to Present
• Political Science » Comparative Politics

Reviews:

• Smith, author of seven previous books on some of the most stirring issues in German history from the 1930s to the 1950s, has contributed another well-researched and highly readable book that makes an important aspect of the Cold War come alive....the facts of the most famous Berlin espionage and abduction cases have come to light only since the opening of the East German archives and limited access to former Soviet records. This book is the first to bring all the most notable stories, their backgrounds, and the context of the broader international entanglements together....Recommended. All levels and collections.
  —Choice June 2003
• Arthur L. Smith's well-written monograph covering Berlin in the 1945-1961 era is an interesting contribution to this ongoing process....[S]hould find a ready audience among scholars and students who seek a better understanding of American, Soviet, and East German intelligence agency activities in a city divided by fear and suspicion.
  —German Studies Review February 2004
• Smith does a good job of describing the chilling effects of the kidnapping phenomenon and the troubled efforts of the British, American and West German authorities to control it....Smith's account of this phenomenon is clear, well researched and congent.
  —American History Review October 2003

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Why Berlin?
• Mixed Messages
• The Kemritz Case
• Partners
• Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Appendix