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The Cold War of Words and Spies
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents vii
- List of Tables ix
- Preface xi
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Part 1. Unparalleled Power
- Terminal 1
- The Race for the Ultimate Weapon 5
- Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe 19
- The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap 25
- Notes 30
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Part 2. The Erzgebirge Region
- The Silver Mines and Healing Springs 35
- An Early Atomic Age in the Erzgebirge 43
- National Tensions in Jáchymov 46
- Notes 59
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Part 3. The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium
- Part 4. Wismut AG: A State Within a State 159
- The Consequences of War 159
- Wismut and War Reparations 166
- Maltsev and His Team 172
- Soldiers of the Party 177
- Migration into the Erzgebirge 183
- Labor and Its Shortage 186
- The Soviet Secret Police and Its Assistants 193
- From Compulsory to Voluntary Employment 199
- An Overview of the Wismut Workforce, 1946–1953 207
- Becoming a Model Enterprise 209
- Uranium Towns 215
- The Cold War of Words and Spies 228
- The Miners Between Riot and Adjustment 235
- Radiation Damage and Accidents 243
- A Final Remark on the Special Position of Wismut AG 255
- Concluding Remarks 271
- Appendix 1 275
- Appendix 2 279
- Archives 281
- Bibliography 283
- Name Index 299
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents vii
- List of Tables ix
- Preface xi
-
Part 1. Unparalleled Power
- Terminal 1
- The Race for the Ultimate Weapon 5
- Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe 19
- The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap 25
- Notes 30
-
Part 2. The Erzgebirge Region
- The Silver Mines and Healing Springs 35
- An Early Atomic Age in the Erzgebirge 43
- National Tensions in Jáchymov 46
- Notes 59
-
Part 3. The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium
- Part 4. Wismut AG: A State Within a State 159
- The Consequences of War 159
- Wismut and War Reparations 166
- Maltsev and His Team 172
- Soldiers of the Party 177
- Migration into the Erzgebirge 183
- Labor and Its Shortage 186
- The Soviet Secret Police and Its Assistants 193
- From Compulsory to Voluntary Employment 199
- An Overview of the Wismut Workforce, 1946–1953 207
- Becoming a Model Enterprise 209
- Uranium Towns 215
- The Cold War of Words and Spies 228
- The Miners Between Riot and Adjustment 235
- Radiation Damage and Accidents 243
- A Final Remark on the Special Position of Wismut AG 255
- Concluding Remarks 271
- Appendix 1 275
- Appendix 2 279
- Archives 281
- Bibliography 283
- Name Index 299