02979nam 2200577 a 450 991081749710332120200520144314.00-313-07541-7(CKB)1000000000007139(OCoLC)70763649(CaPaEBR)ebrary10005682(SSID)ssj0000242986(PQKBManifestationID)11200159(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242986(PQKBWorkID)10320475(PQKB)11761517(MiAaPQ)EBC3000534(Au-PeEL)EBL3000534(CaPaEBR)ebr10005682(OCoLC)928191059(EXLCZ)99100000000000713920010104d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe secret police and the revolution the fall of the German Democratic Republic /Edward N. Peterson1st ed.Westport, Conn. Praeger20021 online resource (xiii, 286 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-275-97328-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index.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.Intelligence serviceGermany (East)Internal securityGermany (East)Opposition (Political science)Germany (East)Germany (East)Politics and governmentIntelligence serviceInternal securityOpposition (Political science)943/.10878Peterson Edward N(Edward Norman),1925-1661699MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817497103321The secret police and the revolution4017785UNINA