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The secret police and the revolution : the fall of the German Democratic Republic
- Title
- The secret police and the revolution : the fall of the German Democratic Republic / Edward N. Peterson.
- Author
- Peterson, Edward N. (Edward Norman), 1925-
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
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- Description
- xiii, 286 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 027597328X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001016321
- OCLC
- ocm45708149
- SCSB-14299792
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries