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Patrick N. Major (born 1964, in Surrey)[1] is Professor of History at the University of Reading. Major is a specialist in the history of modern Germany, the World Wars, the Cold War, film history and popular cultural history.[2]

Major spent some time researching in the West German security services. He later discovered that his supervisor in the West German version of MI5 was a former Stasi agent.[3]

Selected publications

  • The workers' and peasants' state: communism and society in East Germany under Ulbricht, 1945-71. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2002. (Editor with J. Osmond) ISBN 9780719062896
  • "Our friend Rommel: the Wehrmacht as "worthy enemy" in postwar British popular culture", German History, 26 (4), 2008, pp. 520–35.
  • Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the frontiers of power. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009. ISBN 9780199243280
  • Spooked: Britain, empire and intelligence since 1945. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2009. (Edited with C. Moran) ISBN 9781443813129
  • "Listening behind the Curtain: BBC broadcasting to East Germany and its Cold War echo", Cold War History, 13 (2), 2012, pp. 255–275.

References

  1. ^ "Index entry: Patrick N. Major birth". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ Staff Profile: Professor Patrick Major. University of Reading. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Spotlight on: Professor Patrick Major", Reading History, 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2015.



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