Target Tokyo
Subtitle: the story of the Sorge spy ring
By: Gordon W. Prange, with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon.
Contributors: Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9780070506770
Subjects: Sorge, Richard, 1895-1944.; Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography.; Spies -- Japan -- Biography.; Espionage, Soviet -- Japan -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Sorge was a Nazi spie. He secured his access to intelligence informations by getting a position at the German embassy in Tokyo. He warned Stalin that Hitler would invade the Soviet Union one month before it happened. Stalin didnot believe him-no one knows why.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 573-578.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Major characters; title: The German embassy in Tokyo as Sorge knew it in 1941; title: Part 1 : Forging the ring.; title: Mr. R. Sorge; title: Slightly different from the average; title: We could work well together; title: You might try Tokyo; title: No equivalent in history; title: You are going to Tokyo; title: He will be your boss; title: Spy activity with Sorge; title: Collecting information and intelligence; title: The bright prospects I foresaw; title: I am Sorge; title: A useful man; title: He himself respected Ozaki very much; title: Part 2 : Turning the ring.; title: Risen in revolt; title: Hot after some sort of queer enterprise; title: Busy with the secret work; title: Love and tenderness; title: On the edge of a precipice; title: Work only with Sorge; title: Dangerous political experiments; title: Very strenuous work; title: An incident in Northern China; title: The China incident will spread; title: Secret and important; title: Free run of the embassy; title: The accident could have killed me; title: If it is Shanghai, I will go; title: A big trouble; title: The time is not ripe enough; title: Much valuable information on Japanese politics; title: A very crucial meaning; title: A Russian victory; title: Something fishy was going on; title: A considerably high position; title: Clausen has had a heart attack; title: The flow of information; title: An overcoat for a very cold country; title: Konoye came up again; title: I spy you; title: Part 3 : Spinning the ring.; title: Russia was excluded; title: Japan is demanding too much; title: Sick and tired of spy work; title: Many anxious moments; title: Continue to be on the lookout; title: Difficulties for Sorge; title: The Soviet Union ignored our report; title: Attack Soviet Russia; title: Some influence on Japanese policy; title: A fateful day; title: Too early to make a final judgment; title: Japan-United States negotiations; title: Worried about Miyake-san; title: Sorge will become a god; title: Getting into dangerous ground; title: Released from a heavy burden; title: Guaranteed against Japanese attack; title: Part 4 : Breaking the ring.; title: He had crossed the barrier of death; title: A very quiet arrest; title: An uneasy feeling; title: This is the end; title: Clausen's fatal error; title: I am defeated; title: A hard worker even in prison; title: The transition period; title: Sorge-san is a spy; title: I take full responsibility; title: Fight the cold bravely; title: Epilogue : Forever a stranger; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.; title: Notes; title: Chronology; title: Bibliography; title: Articles by Richard Sorge for the Frankfurter-Zeitung : 1940; title: Articles by Richard Sorge for the Frankfurter-Zeitung : 1941; title: Articles by Richard Sorge (R.S.) for the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik