LEADER 02302nam 2200457z- 450 001 9910587470003321 005 20231214141129.0 035 $a(CKB)5700000000114320 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/91414 035 $a(EXLCZ)995700000000114320 100 $a20202208d2022 |y 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAm Rad der Geschichte drehen$eDie Aktion ?Verwüstung? des MfS gegen die Bundesrepublik 210 $aTartu$cUniversity of Tartu Press$d2022 215 $a1 electronic resource (125 p.) 225 1 $aStudies on the History of Totalitarianism 311 $a9949-03-877-4 330 $aDid the Federal Republic of Germany plan another European border revision just 20 years after the end of the Second World War? Did the plan call for the use of biological and chemical weapons? Bonenkamp?s ground-breaking research shows how disinformation campaigns were part of the German-German conflict during the Cold War. One such attempt by East Berlin to internationally discredit its Western class enemy was the Ministry for State Security operation named Aktion ?Verwüstung? (English: operation ?Devastation?), which is the focus of this book. This campaign shows how hard those responsible in the GDR tried to attain international recognition and what enormous resources were mobilised for this. The study is based on numerous original documents 517 $aAm Rad der Geschichte drehen 606 $aEuropean history$2bicssc 606 $aThe Cold War$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship$2bicssc 606 $aPropaganda$2bicssc 606 $aEast Germany, DDR$2bicssc 606 $aWest Germany$2bicssc 610 $atotalitarianism, Germany, disinformation, cold war 615 7$aEuropean history 615 7$aThe Cold War 615 7$aPolitical structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship 615 7$aPropaganda 615 7$aEast Germany, DDR 615 7$aWest Germany 700 $aBonenkamp$b Daniel R$4auth$01322402 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910587470003321 996 $aAm Rad der Geschichte drehen$93034960 997 $aUNINA