Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 The "Great Eastward Trek": German Specialists in the Soviet Union -- 2 Reinventing Professionalism in Soviet-Occupied Germany and the Early GDR -- 3 Under Siege: Facing Challenges to Professionalism in the Ulbricht Era -- 4 In Pursuit of an Electronic Future: High-Tech Pioneers and Communist Bureaucracy in the Ulbricht Era -- 5 The Old Guard under Attack: Three High-Tech Research Directors in the "Reform" Era and Beyond -- 6 Red Prometheus: Technological Fantasies in Popular Culture and Propaganda -- 7 Careerists and Conformists, Individualists and Technology Enthusiasts: Engineers and Computer Scientists in the Honecker Era -- 8 High Ambitions: Careerism and High-Tech Research during the New Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.