World turned upside down : U.S. naval intelligence and the early Cold War struggle for Germany /

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Author / Creator:Durning, Marvin B., 1929-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2007.
Description:xiv, 185 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6689121
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Varying Form of Title:U.S. naval intelligence and the early cold war struggle for Germany
ISBN:9781597971348 (alk. paper)
1597971340 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-180) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Author's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Part 1. The Mystery Office in Munich
  • Chapter 1. A Pre-Dawn Drive to Air Base Furstenfeldbruck
  • 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 Muller
  • Chapter 12. Freedom to Publish: East and West
  • Chapter 13. Some Vignettes about Germany
  • Chapter 14. Visits to Dachau
  • Part 3. Germany Transformed: 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 and NATO
  • 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 War
  • Appendix 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
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author