Archaeology of the Teufelsberg - Exploring Western Electronic Intelligence Gathering in Cold War Berlin (Hardcover)

For over 50 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 United States and Russia, and amidst wider debate about the US's National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence programmes, sites like the Teufelsberg raise questions that appear both important and timely.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Archaeologies of the Contemporary World
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Wayne D. Cocroft • John Schofield
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	162
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-33710-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-33710-2
Barcode:	9781138337107

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