An edition of The making of a spy
(2010)
The making of a spy
memoir of a German boy soldier turned American Army intelligence agent
by Gerhardt B. Thamm
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"Leaving the chaos of postwar Germany for an uncertain future, 17-year-old Gerhardt Thamm arrived in America in 1948 with little more than his American birth certificate. With minimal command of English and little formal education, he enlisted in the Army and found himself assigned to operations where his German language abilities were put to use"--Provided by publisher.
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United States, German Americans, Biography, Intelligence officers, History, United States. Army Security Agency, Secret service, Military intelligence, United states, army, biography, Intelligence officers, biography, Secret service, united states, German americansPeople
Gerhardt B. Thamm (1930-)Places
United States, Germany (West)Times
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The making of a spy: memoir of a German boy soldier turned American Army intelligence agent
2010, McFarland & Co., Publishers
in English
0786448547 9780786448548
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Table of Contents
A man for all seasons
Words of wisdom
A note about names
Prologue
A man called Trenker
Scared as hell
Riding the rollercoaster
Boy soldier
Strangers in our own land
Life in post-World War II Germany
Black market days
America at last
You're in the Army now
War
Once again
Assignment : the U.S. Army general school
Germany, here I come
Something special
The visit
Every man has a price
Tattered cloak and rusty dagger
Doktor Hermann and Georg Trenker
The transformation
Special operations team number three (Specops 3)
Special tasks
German automobile license plates
Special tasks
the proprietary
Special tasks
the proprietary 2
Nosy old lady
Close call
Special tasks
the proprietary 3
On the streets of Berlin
Not quite according to the rules
Ceramics?
Problem in the floor wax business
Contact lost
Code name: "The Shepherd"
Another busy day in Berlin
Reorganization : the new boss
Wasted effort
The last Christmas in Silesia
New task
Build a bolt-hole
Life is a gamble
End tour of duty
Trust, and the bad apple
Order, counterorder
The later years
Postscript.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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