The Stasi - Myth and Reality (Hardcover)

The East German Ministry of State Security, popularly known as the Stasi, was one of the largest and most intrusive secret police systems in world history. So extensive was the system of surveillance and control that in any given year throughout the 1970s and 1980s, about one in fifty of the 13 million East German adults were working for the Stasi either as an officer or as an informer. Drawing on original sources from the Stasi archives and the recollections of contemporary witnesses, The Stasi: Myth and Reality reveals the intricacies of the relationship between the Stasi enforcers, its agents and its targets/victims, and demonstrates how far the Stasi octopus extended its tentacles into people's lives and all spheres of society. The origins and developments of this vast system of repression are examined, as well as the motivation of the informers and the ways in which they penetrated the niches of East German society. The final chapters assess the ministry's failure to help overcome the GDR's inherent structural defects and demonstrate how the Stasi's bureaucratic procedures contributed to the implosion of the Communist system at the end of the 1980's.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Themes In Modern German History
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2003
Authors:	Mike Dennis • Norman Laporte
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-14263-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Security services > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	1-138-14263-8
Barcode:	9781138142633

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