Man without a Face
The Autobiography of Communism's Greatest Spymaster
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9826388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eliot A Cohen (corresponding author), Markus Wolf (0000-0003-4520-9644), David E Murphy, Sergei A Kondrashev, George Bailey (0000-0001-5137-8394) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 156 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20048297 |
| OpenAlex | W1542274813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
He was a man of such secrecy that it was twewty years before Western intelligence even knew what he looked like. His espionage network stretched to the highest levels of NATO and the West German government. His 'sleeper' spies waited decades before reactivated, and his 'Romeo' spies seduced and used those on the other side. His name is Markus Wolf, East Germany's chief foreign-intelligence officer and the foremost spymaster of the Eastern Bloc, a shadowy legend throughout the cold war and a continuing mystery ever since -until now. Wold details all of his major operations and gives us revealing portraits of Eastern Bloc leaders and the individuals who chose to spy for him. He also tells his own dramatic story, from his childhood in Moscow to his twilight in a crumbling state. A true thriller, full of bombshells and previously secret information, MAN WITHOUT A FACE is not only a gripping autobiography but a stunning and honest examination of loyalty, betrayal, and the long shadow of history
Biography · Communism · Face (sociological concept · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law
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Maskirovka in Latin America
Awaiting History's Judgment
Spying's Exotic Aspects
Strange Bedfellows
“One of the biggest ears in the world
The Soviet–American War Scare of the 1980s
The Humint Offensive from Putin's Chekist State
Undeclared Wars with Israel
The 1983 Nuclear Crisis – Lessons for Deterrence Theory and Practice
Conspiracy, history, and therapy at a BerlinStammtisch
Operation “Denver”
Onto the Slippery Slope
Foreign Intelligence and the Historiography of the Cold War
The Economic Dimension of Cold War Intelligence-Gathering
Israeli Intelligence and the leakage of Khrushchev's “Secret Speech”
Sport, Politics and Reunification – A Comparative Analysis of Korea and Germany
The anxious host
Socialism in Czechoslovakia
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2020 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |