The secret police and the revolution : the fall of the German Democratic Republic / / Edward N. Peterson

• Autore: Peterson Edward N (Edward Norman), <1925->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages)
• Disciplina: 943/.10878
• Soggetto topico: Intelligence service - Germany (East); Internal security - Germany (East); Opposition (Political science) - Germany (East)
• Soggetto geografico: Germany (East) Politics and government
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The secret police and the revolution
• ISBN: 0-313-07541-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817497103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II