{"product_id":"mission-a-cold-war-remembrance-paperback","title":"Mission: A Cold War Remembrance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUs Army (Ret ). Thomas Wyckoff Ltc\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifty years following World War II, the US Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) to the Soviet Forces in East Germany was one of the premier intelligence collection organizations in the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Operating \"behind the lines\" with excellent access to front line Soviet Forces in East Germany, the officers and non-commissioned officers of the allied Military Liaison Missions conducted continuous, close-up monitoring of the most powerful ground and air forces of the Soviet Union: those directly confronting NATO forces along the inter-German border. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author was a USMLM liaison officer for four years (1982-1986). He conducted 165 missions into East Germany, performing close surveillance of the nineteen Soviet divisions located there. \u003cem\u003eMission\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal recollection of those surveillance activities. It is a close-up view of an organization that, for fifty years, stood on the cutting edge of the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Thomas Wyckoff graduated from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City. The son of an Air Force officer, he spent much of his life traveling with his family around the United States, Libya (pre-Khadafi), and West Germany. Graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1969 with a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army, Wyckoff served twenty-two years on active duty as an Infantryman and as a Soviet Foreign Area Officer. He served five years in Alaska with the 172nd Infantry Brigade, in Germany, and in Washington, DC. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Retiring from the Army in 1993, Wyckoff worked as the Operations Manager for a small business in northern Virginia and traveled extensively in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Romania. Wyckoff has a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Oklahoma State University and a master of arts in national security affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey (Russian language), the US Army Russian Institute, and the Army Command and General Staff College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183840379129,"sku":"9781480986855","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YVVEdTk0ZXhHc3BQYU9WSjJBTFo1UT09.webp?v=1767779949","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mission-a-cold-war-remembrance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}