Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Jens Gieseke The Title is The History of the Stasi : East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990 Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 268. Category - Social Science Product Description - The East German Ministry for State Security stood for Stalinist oppression and all-encompassing surveillance. The "shield and sword of the party," it secured the rule of the Communist Party for more than forty years, and by the 1980s it had become the largest secret-police apparatus in the world, per capita. Jens Gieseke tells the story of the Stasi, a feared secret-police force and a highly professional intelligence service. He inquires into the mechanisms of dictatorship and the day-to-day effects of surveillance and suspicion. Masterful and thorough at once, he takes the reader through this dark chapter of German postwar history, supplying key information on perpetrators, informers, and victims. In an assessment of post-communist memory politics, he critically discusses the consequences of opening the files and the outcomes of the Stasi debate in reunified Germany. A major guide for research on communist secret-police forces, this book is considered the standard reference work on the Stasi and has already been translated into a number of Eastern European languages. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167619947
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Title: The History of the Stasi East Germany's Secret Police 1945
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UPC: 9781785330247
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ISBN: 9781785330247
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Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Publication Name: History of the Stasi : East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Subject: Europe / Germany, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Modern / 20th Century, Security (National & International)
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Jens Gieseke
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
