Hitler's Man in Havana; Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America by Thomas D. Schoonover - 2008

Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2008 The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 2008. Hardcover. First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New. Gray boards with black overlay on spine with bright white lettering on spine. 218pp 8vo. A fascinating study of an obscure German spy in Cuba during the second world war who was captured and executed by the Cubans in 1942 for supposedly having radio communications with German U-Boats that were sinking American and Cuban ships in the Caribbean. The author shows why the arrest and execution of and otherwise ordinary, even incompetent spy became such a sensation, as it served various and often competing objectives of politicians, diplomats, and intelligence officials in Cuba, the US, and Great Britain. A clean pristine copy.