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ALSO AVAILABLE 2020 NEW RELEASES 21 The Secret History of STASI Spy Cameras 1945–1989 H. Keith Melton with Detlev Vreisleben & Michael M. Hasco For the first time, the secret history of the cameras and tradecraft of the feared East German Stasi and its Warsaw Pact partners Detailed photos of ingenious cameras used to steal secrets, conduct surveillance, and record compromising information Companion book to the authors’ definitive study of KGB spy cameras This lavishly illustrated and authoritative book presents the secret history of Stasi and Warsaw Pact subminiature spy cameras used during the Cold War. It is a history that could only have been written through the collaboration of veteran Stasi technical intelligence officers and the world’s foremost historians on Cold War spy cameras and tradecraft. With more than 450 photographs, the book reveals the history, development, and operational use of more than 70 secret cameras as used by one of the world’s most formidable intelligence services—East German Stasi, or MfS—for secretly copying documents, and for surveillance and compromise. Every major camera system used by the Stasi is covered. A bonus at the end of the book is an exhaustive glossary of Stasi and Warsaw Pact photographic systems and optical devices. This book is a must-have for camera collectors, military enthusiasts, historians, and counterintelligence officers. H. Keith Melton is an intelligence historian and the bestselling author of multiple books on clandestine technology. Melton is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Michael M. Hasco is an international business executive who for 25 years has been a collector and historian of clandestine technology. Detlev Vreisleben is a retired telecommunication engineer. He has researched Stasi technology and equipment for 20 years. Size: 9" x 12" Pages: 224 Price: $50.00 Illustrations: 480 color and b/w photos Binding: hard cover ISBN: 978-0-7643-6045-9 AVAILABLE OCTOBER EVASION AND ESCAPE DEVICES PRODUCED BY MI9, MIS-X, AND SOE IN WORLD WAR II 978-0-7643-4839-6 $69.99 | 384 pp. | 8 1/2" x 11" | HC THE SECRET HISTORY OF KGB SPY CAMERAS 978-0-7643-5616-2 $45.00 | 192 pp. 9" x 12" | HC SEE PAGE 92 FOR RELATED TITLES