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Leaving the chaos of postwar Germany for an uncertain future, 17-year-old Gerhardt Thamm arrived in America in 1948 with little more than his American birth certificate. With minimal command of English and little formal education, he enlisted in the Army and quickly found himself assigned to operations where his German language abilities were put to use. With the Soviet Union''s emergence as a potential adversary, Thamm was recruited into the Army''s clandestine services, where he operated as a secret agent in Germany, under multiple identities. This richly detailed personal narrative tells Thamm''s incredible story (with more than two dozen photographs and sketches).

The Making of a Spy

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/26/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786448548, 978-0786448548
      ISBN10: 0786448547

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      Book Synopsis

      Leaving the chaos of postwar Germany for an uncertain future, 17-year-old Gerhardt Thamm arrived in America in 1948 with little more than his American birth certificate. With minimal command of English and little formal education, he enlisted in the Army and quickly found himself assigned to operations where his German language abilities were put to use. With the Soviet Union''s emergence as a potential adversary, Thamm was recruited into the Army''s clandestine services, where he operated as a secret agent in Germany, under multiple identities. This richly detailed personal narrative tells Thamm''s incredible story (with more than two dozen photographs and sketches).

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