U.S. Army Intelligence in Germany, 1944–1949 / / Thomas Boghardt.

• VerfasserIn: Boghardt, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2023]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Studies in Military History , 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 499 p.)

Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the regional or national level. Although the chapters of the book deal with very different topics, they are united by a common interest in the social history of rural Africa in the longue durée. Contrary to persistent clichés of rural inertia in Africa, the book as a whole underscores the profound changeability of social conditions and relations in Nkholongue over the years and highlights how people’s room for maneuver kept changing as a result of the Winds of History, the frequent and often violent ruptures brought to the village from outside.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword by Katrin Paehler -- Foreword by Jon T. Hoffman -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Maps, Charts and Illustrations -- The Author -- Introduction -- Part I: Intelligence In World War II -- 1 Intelligence Goes to War -- 2 Operations in Wartime Germany -- Part II: Intelligence Organization in Occupied Germany -- 3 Intelligence Headquarters -- 4 Intelligence Field Agencies -- Part III: Intelligence Operations in Occupied Germany -- 5 The Long Shadow of the Third Reich -- 6 Intelligence Exploitation -- 7 New Challenges -- 8 Democratization -- 9 The Soviet Zone -- 10 The Berlin Blockade -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms -- Index