This edited book examines the East German foreign intelligence service (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung, or HVA) as a historical problem, covering politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counterintelligence.

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Intelligence and Counterintelligence 1. Counterintelligence in Postwar Europe, 1945-65 Nigel West 2. Western Espionage and Stasi Counterespionage, 1953-61 Paul Maddrell 3. The Rise and Fall of West German Intelligence Operations against East Germany Erich Schmidt-Eenboom 4. Deaf, Dumb and Blind: the CIA and East Germany Benjamin Fischer 5. Rosenholz: Mischa's Files, CIA's Booty Robert Gerald Livingston Part II: Political Intelligence 6. Political Espionage: Foci and Sources Helmut Müller-Enbergs 7. Active Measures and Disinformation as Part of East Germany's Propaganda War, 1953-1972 Michael Scholz 8. Foreign Intelligence under the Roof of a Ministry for State Security Bernd Lippmann 9. East German Espionage in Denmark Thomas W. Friis 10. How the MfS's Worldview Affected the Intelligence Cycle: A Study Based on Operations against the Netherlands Beatrice de Graaf Part III: Scientific-Technical and Military Intelligence 11. The Crown Jewels and the Importance of Scientific-Technical Intelligence Kristie Macrakis 12. The Professionalization of Soviet Military Espionage under Khruschev, 1953- 64 Matthias Uhl 13. BND Military Espionage in East Germany Armin Wagner