The Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors: Counterintelligence and the U.S. and Soviet Military Liaison Missions 1947–1990

Product Description
The untold story of the Soviet Military Liaison Mission (SMLM) in West Germany and the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) in East Germany.
This 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.
Table of Contents
Past is PrologueIntroduction
PART I: HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
Chapter 1: The History of the Military Liaison Missions
Chapter 2: The Evolution of the Military Liaison Mission Game
PART II: THE WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS
Chapter 3: The Strategic Wilderness of Mirrors
Chapter 4: Opportunities Lost Prior to the Dark Era of Counterintelligence
Chapter 5: The U.S. Military Liaison Mission Microcosm
Chapter 6: Reflections in the Soviet Military Liaison Mission, Frankfurt Wilderness
PART III: THE FINAL DECADE AND THE BATTLE THAT TIME FORGOT
Chapter 7: The Rapid Maturation of Department of Defense Counterintelligence in Europe
Chapter 8: The Final Reflection in the Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors
Chapter 9: The Last Counterintelligence Battles of the Cold War
Epilogue Appendix 1: Post-Cold War RevelationsAppendix 2: The USMLM LegacyAppendix 3: The Huebner–Malinin AgreementGlossary of Abbreviations and TermsA Note on SourcesSelected BibliographyIndex
Review
"Meticulously researched and incisively written, Magee provides an unprecedented survey of the counterintelligence war between the US and the USSR from the strategic level down to the countrysides of West and East Germany where the MLMs operated."
James Stejskal, author of 'Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite, 1956–1990'
About the Author
Aden Magee operated as the commander of a highly specialized Counterintelligence (CI) element in West Germany during the culminating decade of the Cold War, which enabled him to pull together an unprecedented story with broad historical context. He is a retired U.S. Army officer, CI Agent, and veteran of foreign wars. He has worked as a consultant to senior executives in the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since his retirement from the Army in 2005. He is a published author with over 45,000 books sold. He is widely published in reputed intelligence and security journals.