Description: Further DetailsTitle: The History of the StasiCondition: NewSubtitle: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990ISBN-10: 1782382542EAN: 9781782382546ISBN: 9781782382546Publisher: Berghahn BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/01/2014Description: 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 best book yet published on the MfS.”—German History The Stasi 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 544gAuthor: Jens GiesekeGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The History of the Stasi
Title: The History of the Stasi
Subtitle: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990
ISBN-10: 1782382542
EAN: 9781782382546
ISBN: 9781782382546
Release Date: 01/01/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: History of the Stasi : East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Europe / Germany, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Modern / 20th Century, Security (National & International)
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Author: Jens Gieseke
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
