Hitler''s Man in Havana - Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Thomas D. Schoonover is professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the author of eight books, including Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization, The Banana Men, and Germany in Central Americ a. Klappentext Revealing these new historical sources for the first time, Schoonover tells a gripping story of Lüning's life and capture, suggesting that Lüning was everyone's man in Havana but his own. Zusammenfassung At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August Luning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. Ultimately, however, Luning was arrested and became the only Nazi spy executed in Latin America during World War II. This book investigates the true story of the life, career, and death of Heinz August Luning.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas D Schoonover, Thomas D. Schoonover
• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.09.2008
• EAN: 9780813125015
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-2501-5
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Deutschland, Kuba, Europäische Geschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba