Spying for the people: Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967
"In this fascinating account, Michael Schoenhals tells the story of the domestic covert operations of Mao's public security organs through a detailed examination of the cultivation and recruitment of their agents, their training, and their operational activities"-- Provided by publish...
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| adam_text | Titel: Spying for the people
Autor: Schoenhals, Michael
Jahr: 2013
Contents
Acknowledgments page vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction i
Bone of Contention 5
Missing Dimension 9
1 Public Security: The Institutional Framework 15
A Central Party Ministry 17
Soviet Expertise: Unwelcome Guidance 24
A Tale of Two Ministers 26
The CMPS ist Bureau: Preempting Subversion 30
Directors of Operations: Primus Inter Pares 34
The CMPS znd Bureau: Preventing Sabotage 3 8
Economic Protection: We re All Amateurs at This! 43
Cooperation: An Elusive Goal 46
2 Agents by Category: Informers, Enablers, and Guardians 51
Is It Moral, Then? It Is Highly Moral 53
Secret Investigation Agents 58
Building Up Resources Over Time : Operating in Ethnic
Minority Regions 64
Case Agents 68
Critical Asset Guardians 76
Restrictions on Where to Run Agents 82
3 The Recruitment Base: Where Utility Trumps Class 85
Identifying the Recruitment Base 87
The Bad Guys 88
The Backward Gray Masses 9}
vi Contents
The CCP s Activist Constituency 97
Gender Matters: No Sex Please, We re Chinese! 101
4 Finding the Right Person for the Job: Operational Profiling no
Rationale and Purposeful Engagement 112
Nerves and Discretion: Qualities of a Good Agent 114
A Question of Trust 118
Exploiting Archives 121
A Visit to the Grass Roots 128
Tapping Additional Sources 132
5 Recruitment 138
Preparation Is Key 139
The Recruitment Interview 145
The Power Ladder 148
The Patriotic Pitch: Your Country Needs You! 152
The Gradual Pitch: I Thought You d Never Ask 154
The Hard Pitch: An Offer You Can t Refuse 156
The Agent s Personal File 159
When Recruitment Fails 166
6 Training and Tradecraft: Behind the Covert Front 170
Training in the Academy 172
Textbooks and Extracurricular Reading Matter 176
Learning on the Job 179
Keeping Clandestine Premises 182
Using Secret Rendezvous Premises 189
Coded Conversations 192
Secret Writing 195
Gadgets and Gizmos: Covert Technologies - 197
Corruption and Complaints 201
7 Agent Running: Beijing Rules 205
Direction 207
Agent Briefing 211
Agent Debriefing 217
Covert Information and the Courts zzo
Control 222
Agent Rewards and Welfare 225
Orderly Termination 227
Postscript 233
Bibliography 23 5
Index 259
Illustrations follow page 14.
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| spelling | Schoenhals, Michael Verfasser (DE-588)137090986 aut Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 Michael Schoenhals 1. publ. Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2013 IX, 266, [8] S. Ill. 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: Bone of Contention -- Missing Dimension -- 1.Public Security: The Institutional Framework -- A Central Party Ministry -- Soviet Expertise: Unwelcome Guidance -- A Tale of Two Ministers -- The CMPS 1st Bureau: Preempting Subversion -- Directors of Operations: Primus Inter Pares -- The CMPS 2nd Bureau: Preventing Sabotage -- Economic Protection: "We're All Amateurs at This!" -- Cooperation: An Elusive Goal -- 2.Agents by Category: Informers, Enablers, and Guardians -- "Is It Moral, Then? It Is Highly Moral" -- Secret Investigation Agents -- "Building Up Resources Over Time": Operating in Ethnic Minority Regions -- Case Agents -- Critical Asset Guardians -- Restrictions on Where to Run Agents -- 3.The Recruitment Base: Where Utility Trumps Class -- Identifying the Recruitment Base -- The Bad Guys -- The Backward Gray Masses -- The CCP's Activist Constituency -- Gender Matters: No Sex Please, We're Chinese! -- Contents note continued: 4.Finding the Right Person for the Job: Operational Profiling -- Rationale and Purposeful Engagement -- Nerves and Discretion: Qualities of a Good Agent -- A Question of Trust -- Exploiting Archives -- A Visit to the Grass Roots -- Tapping Additional Sources -- 5.Recruitment -- Preparation Is Key -- The Recruitment Interview -- The Power Ladder -- The Patriotic Pitch: Your Country Needs You! -- The Gradual Pitch: I Thought You'd Never Ask -- The Hard Pitch: An Offer You Can't Refuse -- The Agent's Personal File -- When Recruitment Fails -- 6.Training and Tradecraft: Behind the Covert Front -- Training in the Academy -- Textbooks and Extracurricular Reading Matter -- Learning on the Job -- Keeping Clandestine Premises -- Using Secret Rendezvous Premises -- Coded Conversations -- Secret Writing -- Gadgets and Gizmos: Covert Technologies -- Corruption and Complaints -- 7.Agent Running: Beijing Rules -- Direction -- Agent Briefing -- Agent Debriefing -- Contents note continued: Covert Information and the Courts -- Control -- Agent Rewards and Welfare -- Orderly Termination "In this fascinating account, Michael Schoenhals tells the story of the domestic covert operations of Mao's public security organs through a detailed examination of the cultivation and recruitment of their agents, their training, and their operational activities"-- Provided by publisher Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1949-1967 gnd rswk-swf Intelligence service / China / History / 20th century Secret service / China / History / 20th century Spies / China / History / 20th century Domestic intelligence / China / History / 20th century Internal security / China / History / 20th century Geschichte Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 gnd rswk-swf Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 gnd rswk-swf Spitzel (DE-588)4248646-4 gnd rswk-swf China (DE-588)4009937-4 gnd rswk-swf China (DE-588)4009937-4 g Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 s Spitzel (DE-588)4248646-4 s Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 s Geschichte 1949-1967 z DE-604 HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025917120&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 |
| title_auth | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 |
| title_exact_search | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 |
| title_full | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 Michael Schoenhals |
| title_fullStr | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 Michael Schoenhals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spying for the people Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 Michael Schoenhals |
| title_short | Spying for the people |
| title_sort | spying for the people mao s secret agents 1949 1967 |
| title_sub | Mao's secret agents, 1949 - 1967 |
| topic | Intelligence service / China / History / 20th century Secret service / China / History / 20th century Spies / China / History / 20th century Domestic intelligence / China / History / 20th century Internal security / China / History / 20th century Geschichte Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 gnd Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 gnd Spitzel (DE-588)4248646-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Intelligence service / China / History / 20th century Secret service / China / History / 20th century Spies / China / History / 20th century Domestic intelligence / China / History / 20th century Internal security / China / History / 20th century Geschichte Innere Sicherheit Polizeistaat Spitzel China |
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