Elizabeth Wiskemann : scholar, journalist, secret agent
The first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann - historian, journalist, intelligence agent - delving into her lives in 1920s Cambridge, Nazi-era Germany and Eastern Europe, and post-war European reconstruction in Italy and West Germany, as a female pioneer in the male-dominated spheres of journalism, go...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2023
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| Schlagworte: | Women journalists Journalists History, Modern History, Modern-17th century Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (346 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The first biography of Elizabeth Wiskemann - historian, journalist, intelligence agent - delving into her lives in 1920s Cambridge, Nazi-era Germany and Eastern Europe, and post-war European reconstruction in Italy and West Germany, as a female pioneer in the male-dominated spheres of journalism, government service, and academia. Cover -- Elizabeth Wiskemann: Scholar, Journalist, Secret Agent -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Captions for Photographs/Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Becoming a Journalist: From Cambridge to Berlin -- 2. Czechoslovakia and the Nazi: 'Drang nach Osten' -- 3. Secret Agent in Wartime Switzerland -- 4. "Dear Mr. Dulles": A Special Relationship -- 5. Starting Over in Postwar Europe -- 6. The Academic Life and After -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Books by Elizabeth Wiskemann -- Sections of Books -- Archival Sources -- United Kingdom and Eire -- Italy -- Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands -- United States -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (346 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780192698070 0192698079 9780192870629 0192870629 |