The History of the Stasi : : East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990 / / Jens Gieseke.
A well-balanced and detailed look at the East German Ministry for State Security, the secret police force more commonly known as the Stasi. “This is an excellent book, full of careful, balanced judgements and a wealth of concisely-communicated knowledge. It is also well written. Indeed, it is the be...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction. Ten Years and Forty-five Days
- Chapter 1. Antifascism—Stalinism—Cold Civil War: Origins and Influences, 1945 to 1956
- Chapter 2. The Safest GDR in the World: The Driving Forces of Stasi Growth
- Chapter 3. The Unofficial Collaborator: A New Type of Informer
- Chapter 4. Blanket Surveillance? State Security in East German Society
- Chapter 5. Resistance—Opposition—Persecution
- Chapter 6. Wolf and Co.: MfS Operations Abroad
- Chapter 7. Final Crisis and Collapse, 1989–90
- Chapter 8. Legacy—Aufarbeitung—Culture of Memory: The Second Life of the Stasi
- Appendices
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index