Spies: A Batch from the Journal of Cold War Studies

“Espionage and covert operations are notoriously difficult to study,” writes Mark Kramer in his introduction to Spies: A Batch from Journal of Cold War Studies. Historically, intelligence agencies the world over have strived to keep their operations confidential; however, the gradual release of crucial information about Cold War-era foreign intelligence activities presents new and exciting opportunities for scholars. The articles in this Batch serve as a step toward filling important historical gaps. The author-scholars explore such topics as Ian Fleming, James Bond, and the CIA; Soviet counterintelligence; Austrian informants, the Rosenberg Ring and nuclear espionage; and MI5-FBI relations. Dig in.About BATCHESThe BATCHES Series from the MIT Press features collections of journal articles on themes identified by and currently resonating with readers. The collections are curated by authoritative voices in the field: editors, authors, scholars, and practitioners. Each Batch is bundled for immediate download, and the series represents the rapid, responsive innovation that the MIT Press provides to its readership.Contents:Introduction by Mark Kramer Foreign Intelligence and the Historiography of the Cold War (2004)Raymond L. GarthoffThe Prelude to Nationwide Surveillance in East Germany: Stasi Operations and Threat Perceptions, 1945–1953 (2003)Gary BruceThe Economic Dimension of Cold War Intelligence-Gathering: The West’s Spies in the GDR’s Economy (2013)Paul MaddrellThe East Germany Ministry for State Security and Iraq, 1968-1989 (2014)Joseph SassoonDeath to Spies! Austrian Informants for Western Intelligence Services and Soviet Capital Punishment during the Occupation of Austria (2012)Barbara Stelzl-MarxIan Fleming and the Public Profile of the CIA (2013)Christopher MoranWho Is Trying to Keep What Secret from Whom and Why? MI5-FBI Relations and the Klaus Fuchs Case (2005)Michael S. GoodmanThe Rosenberg Ring Revealed: Industrial-Scale Conventional and Nuclear Espionage (2009)Steven T. UsdinWhat the Spiders Did: U.S. and Soviet Counterintelligence before the Cold War (2009)John F. Fox, Jr.The CIA’s TPBEDAMN Operation and 1953 Coup in Iran (2013)Mark J. Gasiorowski