In-Store Book Signing: Berlin
with author James Stejskal
Join us in the Spy Museum Store for a special book signing event for Berlin: A Spy's Guide to its Cold War History in Story and Image with author James Stejskal.
Many cities have laid claim to the title City of Spies—Vienna, London, Moscow, even Miami. But no city has earned it more than Berlin.
From the rubble of World War II to the razor’s edge of the Cold War, Berlin became the epicenter of a secret war fought in the shadows. Divided, occupied, and deeply contested, the city was home to the world's most elite intelligence operatives. American, Soviet, British, French, East and West German services—and even terrorist and revolutionary factions like the Red Army Faction and the PLO—turned Berlin into a vast chessboard of espionage, deception, and covert operations.
In Berlin: A Spy's Guide to its Cold War History in Story and Image, former Green Beret and intelligence officer James Stejskal delivers a gripping, photo-rich guide to the key players, locations, missions, and betrayals that defined Cold War Berlin. Part travelogue, part historical dossier, this book is your gateway to understanding how the Cold War was really fought—and why Berlin remains the most spy-saturated city on Earth.
History. Intrigue. Secrets.
Welcome to Berlin, the City of Spies.
About the Author
James Stejskal is an author, military historian, and conflict archaeologist. To gain inspiration and research his writings, he spent 35 years serving with the US Army Special Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency in interesting places like Africa, Europe, the Balkans, the Near and Far East.
He is the author of the "Snake Eater Chronicles," a Cold War military & espionage thriller series as well as the non-fiction books "Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956–1990" and "Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission to the Hejaz."
He lives in Virginia with his wife Wanda.
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