The Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors: Counterintelligence and the U.S. and Soviet Military Liaison Missions 19471990 [Hardcover]

This book should be required reading not only for intelligence professionals but also for senior leaders making decisions on force structure so they better appreciate the impact our counterintelligence force can make when properly resourced. Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley (U.S. Army retired), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in ARMY MagazineThis book details the Soviet Military Liaison Mission (SMLM) in West Germany and the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) in East Germany as microcosms of the Cold War strategic intelligence and counterintelligence landscape. Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet and U.S. Military Liaison Missions are all but forgotten. Their operation was established by a post-WWII Allied occupation forces' agreement, and missions had relative freedom to travel and collect intelligence throughout East and West Germany from 1947 until 1990.This book addresses Cold War intelligence and counterintelligence in a manner that provides a broad historical perspective and then brings the reader to a never-before documented artifact of Cold War history. The book details the intelligence/counterintelligence dynamic that was among the most emblematic of the Cold War. Ultimately, the book addresses a saga that remains one of the true Cold War enigmas.The untold story of the Soviet Military Liaison Mission (SMLM) in West Germany and the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) in East Germany.First ever comprehensive history of both the U.S. and Soviet Military Liaison Missions undertaken during the Cold War.Explores how the MLMs were a microcosm of global strategic intelligence during the Cold War.Author was commander of counterintelligence element in West Germany during the Cold War, making him uniquely able to tell this story.This will appeal to all those interested in the Cold War, and in the history of intelligence and counterintelligence. This book should be required reading not only for intelligence professionals but l“À