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

"This book should be required reading not only for intelligence professionals but also for senior leaders making decisions on force structure so they better appreciate the impact our counterintelligence force can make when properly resourced."

Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley (U.S. Army retired), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in ARMY Magazine.

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 Prologue

Introduction

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 Revelations

Appendix 2: The USMLM Legacy

Appendix 3: The Huebner–Malinin Agreement

Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms

A Note on Sources

Selected Bibliography

Index

336 pages.