Beyond the Wall: Memoirs of an East and West German Spy

This is the true story of a disillusioned East German superspy driven by his conscience to turn double agent for the West. Werner Stiller was a student recruited into the Ministry of State Security -- the powerful Stasi -- to acquire nuclear weapon secrets in Western Europe in the 1970s. He learned firsthand that the Stasi constituted a vast, privileged underground world based on fear & intimidation. The book reveals the actual tools & methods spies use to do their work. It is a concise, intelligent, & pointed account of the once all-powerful Stasi & a uniquely personal window into the real world of successful espionage.