Title Spying through a glass darkly : American espionage against the Soviet Union, 1945-1946 / David Alvarez and Eduard Mark

Published Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) Contents On the precipice of peace -- A mystery in an enigma -- Signs and portents -- Spies on the Danube -- A distant arena -- The nearer shore Summary "This book chronicles the struggles of American intelligence agencies to come to grips with Europe's new postwar realities, including the growing dominance of the Soviet Union, its recent ally in the war against Hitler's Germany. Focusing on the Strategic Services Unit, which rose from the ashes of the OSS and took on missions that would eventually be embraced by the CIA, Alvarez illuminates a long-neglected and poorly understood chapter in what became the Cold War"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. War Department. Strategic Services Unit -- History SUBJECT United States. War Department. Strategic Services Unit. fast (OCoLC)fst01853297 Subject Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Diplomatic relations. Espionage, American. Intelligence service. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140115 Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125763 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140097 Subject Soviet Union. United States. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Mark, Eduard Maximilian, author ISBN 0700621970 9780700621972

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