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.

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Past is Prologue
• Introduction
• PART I: MILITARY LIAISON MISSION HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
  • 1 The History of the Military Liaison Missions
  • 2 The Evolution of the Military Liaison Mission Game
• PART II: THE WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS
  • 3 The Strategic Wilderness of Mirrors
  • 4 Opportunities Lost Prior to the Dark Era of Counterintelligence
  • 5 The U.S. Military Liaison Mission Microcosm
  • 6 Reflections in the Soviet Military Liaison Mission, Frankfurt Wilderness
• PART III: THE FINAL DECADE AND THE BATTLE THAT TIME FORGOT
  • 7 The Rapid Maturation of Department of Defense Counterintelligence in Europe
  • 8 The Final Reflections in the Cold War Wilderness of Mirrors
  • 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
• Select Bibliography