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Autore |
Peterson Edward N (Edward Norman), <1925-> |
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The secret police and the revolution : the fall of the German Democratic Republic / / Edward N. Peterson |
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Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intelligence service - Germany (East) |
Internal security - Germany (East) |
Opposition (Political science) - Germany (East) |
Germany (East) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Introduction -- 1. The Dark Clouds Forming: 1953-1979 -- The Problem-Filled Structure -- The Stasi as Shielding Umbrella -- 2. Distant Rumblings: 1980-1986 -- Schwerin -- Berlin -- 3. The Winds Rising: 1987 -- Schwerin -- Berlin -- 4. The Lightning Striking: 1988 -- Schwerin -- Berlin -- 5. The Storm Breaking: Spring 1989 -- Schwerin -- Berlin -- 6. The Ground Shaking: Fall 1989 -- Schwerin -- Berlin -- 7. The Shambles Remaining: Winter 1989-1990 -- The MfS on the Brink -- The MfS by Another Name -- The More Things Change in the Secret Police . . . -- The Whimpering End -- The Fading Away of Old Agents -- The Reports of Death Are Premature -- The Revolution Abandons Its Revolutionaries -- 8. What We Learn from the Secret Police -- What They Tell of Themselves -- Of the Enormity of the Public's Disaffection -- Of Discontents Like Those in the West -- The Accuracy of the Secret Police as Reporters and Analysts -- The Weaknesses of the Secret Police as Enforcers -- How Realities Defeated the Ideals -- The Secret Police as Dissidents -- The Secret Police as Rebels -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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