A Political History of Industrial Espionage in the United States and (West) Germany in the
Twentieth Century
1. Introduction: The Securitization of Technology Transfers in Modern Knowledge Societies (20)
2. After Total War, Part 1
2.1. Dupont vs. Bayer (1917-1922): Chemistry, Espionage and the Treaty of Versailles (50)
2.2. The Challenge of Soviet Espionage. The Debate about “Economic High Treason”
(“Wirtschaftlicher Landesverrat”) in Germany (1927-1932) (25)
3. After Total War, Part 2
3.1. The Enemy is Reading: Soviet Espionage and the Debate over Unclassified
Technological Information in America (1945-1959) (50)
3.2. “Economic High Treason” Revisited: German Debates about New Laws against Industrial
Espionage (1952-1968) (30)
3.3. “In fact this is nothing else than espionage!” Brain Drain from the Bundesrepublik to
America – A Danger to National Security? (1951-1967) (35)
4. “Industrial Espionage becomes Big Business”
4.1. Private James Bonds. The Boom of Transnational Espionage of Non-Governmental Actors (19591972) (25)
4.2. Public Private Security Partnerships. The Rapid Growth of Private Security Agencies and their
Contested Position in National Security Systems (1951-1972) (70)
5. The “Second Cold War”
5.1. The Reagan Administration’s Offensive against Soviet “Illegal Technology Transfer”
(1977-1989) (40)
5.2. Trade or Security? The American Conflict with West Germany about the Implementation of
Export Controls (1982) (25)
5.3. Who actually is the Enemy? American Decline, the Toshiba Case and the U.S.Japanese Relations (1982-1989) (25)
6. After the Cold War: Everyone against Everyone?
6.1. A New Mode of International Competition? Fears of Espionage after the End of the
Bipolar Global Order (25)
6.2. America, China and the “Economic Espionage Act” of 1996 (25)
7. Conclusion: Knowledge Control in the Twentieth Century (20)