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A spy thriller based on the real actions of the 513th Army Intelligence battalion at the height of the cold war
On Hamburg Station is a work of historical fiction based on real intelligence operations that took place and were conducted by the Army's 513th INTC Group from 1956 to 1966. Forget what you've seen in the movies, this is the true world of espionage in the early 1960's. The 513th was headquartered at Camp King, Oberursel, West Germany, with three operating stations featured in this work, Berlin, Bremerhaven, and Hamburg. The Hamburg Station was a sub-station reporting to Bremerhaven, and contained a group of agent handlers targeted against the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. This novel traces the lives of several people who defended America during the height of the Cold War.
About the author
Dave Dougherty is a modern polymath with widely varied interests that have led him into many diverse careers, experiences, and achievements. He served as a lieutenant and captain in Army Intelligence's 513th INTC Group, and was a Professor of Management, Business, and Computer Science, most recently at the University of Texas, El Paso. He holds advanced degrees from Colorado School of Mines and Case Western Reserve University and advanced to candidacy for a PhD at both Case Western Reserve and the University of Maryland. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and an entrepreneur in computers, being a pioneer in the use of client-server processing, the promotion of the cloud and ARPANET all during the 1970s, and later became arguably the world's most prolific applications programmer. History was always Dave's prime avocation, and he built one of the nation's premier collections in silver and gold ancient and medieval coinage to bring history to life. In Arkansas and Missouri, Dave is a radio personality discussing political problems through the lens of history and a rigid constitutionalist. Dave has authored over twenty academic papers and a number of books, including A Patriot's History Reader: Essential Documents for Every American, A Patriot's History of the Modern World, Volumes I and II, Starve The Beast!, The Gnosis Within, Landslide, and now Make Georgia Howl! The 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in Kilpatrick's Campaign and the Diary of Sgt. William H. Harding.
Summary
A spy thriller based on the real actions of the 513th Army Intelligence battalion at the height of the cold war
On Hamburg Station is a work of historical fiction based on real intelligence operations that took place and were conducted by the Army’s 513th INTC Group from 1956 to 1966. Forget what you’ve seen in the movies, this is the true world of espionage in the early 1960’s. The 513th was headquartered at Camp King, Oberursel, West Germany, with three operating stations featured in this work, Berlin, Bremerhaven, and Hamburg. The Hamburg Station was a sub-station reporting to Bremerhaven, and contained a group of agent handlers targeted against the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. This novel traces the lives of several people who defended America during the height of the Cold War.
