2025/08/31 by James Stone · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #European history and politics #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy #World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
paper · doi:10.1080/16161262.2025.2553069
openalex publication_date 2025/08/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15
This study is the second part of a larger consideration of the early career of one of the most notorious spies of the 19th century, Baron August Schluga von Rastenfeld. It focuses on his dealings with Austrian military intelligence both as an espionage service provider and a person of interest. The study also reveals for the first time that August worked with a partner in these early years. His brother was a key person in the small, but very successful intelligence agency that they both ran. In addition, this case study throws important new light on the functioning of Austrian intelligence agencies in the 1860s and 1870s as well as on the general state of the art of espionage in this era.