Screen LibrarySpying on the Reich : the cold war against Hitler /
"From 1933, these spy services watched with growing alarm as they tried to determine what sort of threat Hitler's regime would now pose to the rest of Europe. Would Germany rearm, either covertly or in open defiance of the outside world? Would Hitler turn his attention eastwards - or did h...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"From 1933, these spy services watched with growing alarm as they tried to determine what sort of threat Hitler's regime would now pose to the rest of Europe. Would Germany rearm, either covertly or in open defiance of the outside world? Would Hitler turn his attention eastwards - or did he also pose a threat to the west? What were the feelings and attitudes of ordinary Germans, towards their own regime as well as the outside world? Despite intense rivalry and mistrust between them, these spy chiefs began to liaise and close ranks against Nazi Germany. At the heart of this loose, informal network were the British and French intelligence services, alongside the Poles and Czechs. Some other countries - Holland, Belgium, and the United States - stood at the periphery. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished British, French, German, Danish, and Czech archival sources, Spying on the Reich tells the story of Germany and its rearmament in the 1920s and 1930s; its relations with foreign governments and their intelligence services; and the relations and rivalries between Western governments, seen through the prism of the cooperation, or lack of it, between their spy agencies. Along the way, it addresses some of the most intriguing questions that still perplex historians of the period, such as how and why Britain defended Poland in September 1939, and what alternative policies could have been pursued?"-- |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780192862990 0192862995 9780192863027 0192863029 |
| Index Number: | D810 |
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D756.536-09 D756.136-09 D751.636-09 |
| Call Number: | D751.636-09/H851 |
| Contents: | Germany reawakens -- Foreign spies keep watch -- The rise of Hitler -- The new mood in Berlin 1933 -- The Anglo-French spy networks inside Germany -- 'The reliable source' -- The French and Czechs watch the Reich -- 'The dark continent' -- The international spy effort -- Searching for new sources of information -- Spying on the German Navy -- Colonel Z and other spies -- The French step up their operations -- British intelligence watches the Reich -- The 'spies' who never were, 1937-1938 -- Watching Anschluss -- Intelligence and the Sudeten crises of 1938 -- Predicting Hitler's next move -- Intelligence and the Anglo-French alliance -- The 'spies' who caused panic -- Signals from the Reich -- The Nazi-Soviet pact -- The countdown to war. |