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Schoonover Thomas David <1936-> |
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Titolo |
Hitler's man in Havana [[electronic resource] ] : Heinz Lüning and Nazi espionage in Latin America / / Thomas D. Schoonover |
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Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-3894-9 |
1-283-23330-4 |
9786613233301 |
0-8131-7302-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Germany |
Espionage, German - Cuba |
Spies - Germany |
Spies - Cuba |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms/Glossary; Introduction; 1. A Troubled Life; 2. The World He Scarcely Knew; 3. Back to School! Trained as a Nazi Spy; 4. Tested in Action; 5. Failure and Fatality; Photo insert; 6. Their Man in Havana; 7. Graham Greene's Man in Havana; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August L?ning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. L?ning's assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to Abwehr, the German foreign intelligence agency. The Caribbean waters L?ning monitored were important to the Allies both for shipping and for deploying ships between the various fronts. Despite some early setbacks, L?ning provided information on naval activities to the Germans. Ultimately, however, L?ning was arrested and became the only Nazi spy executed in Lati |
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