U.S. Army Intelligence in Germany, 1944–1949
 Boghardt, Thomas  (06.11.2023)

Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the regional or national level. Although the chapters of the book deal with very different topics, they are united by a common interest in the social history of rural Africa in the longue durée. Contrary to persistent clichés of rural inertia in Africa, the book as a whole underscores the profound changeability of social conditions and relations in Nkholongue over the years and highlights how people’s room for maneuver kept changing as a result of the Winds of History, the frequent and often violent ruptures brought to the village from outside.

Biographie - Boghardt, Thomas

Thomas Boghardt, Center of Military History, US Army, Washington D.C., USA.

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"Brilliant! This book is excellent scholarship and eloquently covers the range of colorful and capable intelligence professionals who made their own history in both World War II and its follow-on years." – Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., U.S. Army (ret.)

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"Elegantly captures Berlin’s postwar climate of intrigue." – Peter M. F. Sichel, OSS/CIA Berlin, 1945–1952.

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"Excellent… this valuable book is a great addition to the scholarship on American intelligence." – Peter Clemens, Journal of Military History

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"An impressively documented thorough account." – Studies in Intelligence

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"Boghardt skillfully weaves together anecdotes worthy of dozens of spy thrillers… compelling reading, and highly recommended." – Professor Walter M. Hudson, H-Net

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"…will long be the hallmark work on Army intelligence in Germany both during the war and in its immediate aftermath." – G. Alan Knight, Journal of America’s Military Past