Description: Further DetailsTitle: The History of the StasiCondition: NewEAN: 9781785330247ISBN: 9781785330247Publisher: Berghahn BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/01/2015Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 376gAuthor: Jens GiesekeLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990ISBN-10: 1785330241Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, HistoryRelease Year: 2015 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
EAN: 9781785330247
ISBN: 9781785330247
Release Date: 09/01/2015
Release Year: 2015
Item Height: 229mm
Subtitle: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990
ISBN-10: 1785330241
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Publication Name: History of the Stasi : East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Europe / Germany, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Modern / 20th Century, Security (National & International)
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jens Gieseke
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
