Michael Wala – författare

This work investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern communication are also discussed.

This work investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern communication are also discussed.

Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Wala, Assistant Professor at Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg This recently discovered study by Allen Dulles, written in the winter of 1947/48 when the acceptance of the Marshall Plan was still in doubt, not only offers fascinating insights into the early postwar period but may also serve as an inspiration to policy makers at a time when there is much discussion of recovery programmes for Eastern Europe and the Marshall Plan is often evoked as a possible model.

This work investigates the connection between intelligence history, domestic policy, military history and foreign relations in a time of increasing bureaucratization of the modern state. The issues of globalization of foreign relations and the development of modern communication are also discussed.

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is still active today; in fact, the interest in its activities is growing. However, to date little is known about the major aspects of the organization. We are pleased to offer the first comprehensive evaluation of its impact on the decision-making process of American foreign policy, particularly in the immediate postwar period. Was the CFR, as richist critics claimed, "the nexus of the organized subversive effort in America"; or was it, as leftists claimed, "a central link binding American foreign policy to the corporate upper class"; or did it fall somewhere in between these rather extreme characterizations? Based on extensive analysis of primary sources, this book clearly delineates the Council's activities - its study and discussion groups and its publications - and the developing internation political, military, and economic situations. This ground-breaking study was highly acclaimed when it first appeared in German, and its availability in translation will be most welcome.

Am 20. Juli 1954 taucht der Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz in Ost-Berlin auf. Siebzehn Monate später kehrt Otto John in den Westen zurück und wird sofort als Überläufer verhaftet. Bis heute ist ungeklärt, ob John freiwillig in die DDR gegangen ist und dort Geheimnisverrat begangen hat. Benjamin Hett und Michael Wala schreiben die erste Biographie eines Mannes, der im Nationalsozialismus Kontakt zum Widerstand hatte und in der Nachkriegszeit in Deutschland Karriere machte. Der Fall, ein spannender Spionagethriller aus dem Kalten Krieg, markiert gleichzeitig eine historische Wegmarke für das Land.