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

Author/creator Cocroft, Wayne
Other author Schofield, John, 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects
Espionage, British--Germany. --Berlin. --History. --20th century.
Espionage, American--Germany. --Berlin. --History. --20th century.
Electronic intelligence--Germany. --Berlin. --History. --20th century.
Cold War.
Military archaeology--Germany. --Berlin.
Radomes.
Teufelsberg (Berlin, Germany)
Berlin (Germany)--History. --1945-1990.
Berlin (Germany)--Antiquities.
Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.

SeriesRoutledge archaeologies of the contemporary world
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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018054365
ISBN9781138337107 (hardback)

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