Mike Dennis, Norman Laporte

The Stasi (eBook, ePUB)

Myth and Reality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the powerful and much-feared East German Ministry of State Security from its establishment in 1950 to its fall in 1990. The Stasi were a central institution of the GDR, and this book illuminates the nature and operation of the entire East German regime, addressing one of the most important topics in modern German history. Its emphasis is primarily on the key years under Erich Honecker, who was Head of State from 1976 and ousted in 1989.The book looks at all aspects of the control, operation and impact of the security police - their methods, targets, structure, accountability, and in particular the crucial question of how far they were an arm of the ruling communist party or were themselves a virtually autonomous political actor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317876557
• Artikelnr.: 41328332

Autorenporträt

Mike Dennis is Professor of Modern History at the University of Wolverhampton. Among his main publications are The German Democratic Republic; Social and Economic Modernization in Eastern Germany: From Honecker to Kohl and The Rise and Fall of the German Democratic Republic 1945-1990.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. I. THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST GERMAN SECURITY
SERVICE, 1945-71. 1.From Weimar Republic to GDR. 2.The Ministry of State
Security, 1950-71. II. THE SWORD AND THE COMPASS. 3. The party and its
Sword. 4. The Security Colossus. 5.Political Justice in Dictatorship. III.
THE FIRM AND ITS SERVANTS. 6. Serving the Cause - the Officer Class. 7.
Mielke's Unofficial Collaborators. IV. HUNTING FOR THE ENEMY. 8.Monitor and
firefighter.