The history of the Stasi : East Germany's secret police, 1945-1990 /: East Germany's secret police, 1945-1990. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Mielke-Konzern.
• Further Information: Note: Jens Gieseke ; translated by David Burnett.
• Authors: Gieseke, Jens
• Contents: Antifascism, Stalinism, cold civil war : origins and influences, 1945 to 1956 -- The safest GDR in the world : the driving forces of Stasi growth -- The unofficial collaborator : a new type of informer -- Blanket surveillance? State security in East German society -- Resistance, opposition, persecution -- Wolf and Co. : MFS operations abroad -- Final crisis and collapse, 1989-90 -- Legacy, Aufarbeitung, culture of memory : the second life of the Stasi.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
• Subjects: 363.28/30943109045; Internal security -- Germany (East) -- History; Secret service -- Germany (East) -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century; Internal security; Secret service; Germany (East); Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782382553; 1782382550; 9781306405973; 1306405971
• Related ISBNs: 9781782382546; 1782382542
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.