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Author Durning, Marvin B., 1929-

Title World turned upside down : U.S. naval intelligence and the early Cold War struggle for Germany / Marvin B. Durning ; foreword by Robert K. Massie
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Contents Cover; Contents; Foreword; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART 1: The Mystery Office in Munich; Chapter 1 A Pre-Dawn Drive to Air Base Fürstenfeldbruck; Chapter 2 To Germany and to Munich; Chapter 3 Val Rychly, "The Skipper"; Chapter 4 The People of Possart Platz 3; Chapter 5 "Another Intelligence Organization"; Chapter 6 A Highly Productive Intelligence Office; Chapter 7 U.S. Navy Visitors; PART 2: Life in Munich; Chapter 8 German Friends Made: Max's Party; Chapter 9 Max Parnitzki; Chapter 10 Helmuth Pich; Chapter 11 Erika Müller; Chapter 12 Freedom to Publish: East and West
Chapter 13 Some Vignettes about GermanyChapter 14 Visits to Dachau; PART 3: Germany Transansforormed: Enemy to Ally; Chapter 15 The Gehlen Organization: Reinhard Gehlen and James Critchfield; Chapter 16 The Admirals and the New German Navy; Chapter 17 The Generals and the New Armed Forces: Sovereignty Restored; Chapter 18 Adenauer Visits Moscow, September 9-13, 1955; Chapter 19 The Return of German Prisoners of War; PART 4: Enduring Friendships; Chapter 20 Helmuth and Max: Later Years; Chapter 21 Vladimir Rychly; Epilogue
Appendix A. Max Parnitzki's Brief Curriculum Vitae and Experience as a Prisoner of WarAppendix B. Max Parnitzki's Iron Cross; Appendix C.U.S. Navy Letter of Recommendation for Max Parnitzki; Appendix D. Letter from Undersecretary of Navy to Val Rychly; Appendix E. Two Pages from Val L. Rychly's Travel Diary (1946); Glossary; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; About the Author
Summary Naval intelligence paves the way for Germany's transformation from enemy to ally
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and index
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Subject Durning, Marvin B., 1929-
Durning, Marvin B., 1929-
Durning, Marvin B., 1929-
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence -- History -- 20th century
Organisation Gehlen.
Organisation Gehlen
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence
USA Office of Naval Intelligence
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Military intelligence -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Military intelligence -- Germany (West) -- History -- 20th century
Cold War.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Intelligence officers
Military intelligence
Ost-West-Konflikt
Germany (West)
United States
Deutschland
Genre/Form collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612343730
1612343732
Other Titles U.S. naval intelligence and the early cold war struggle for Germany