The Stasi
Subtitle: The East German Intelligence and Security Service, 1917-89
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: December 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780814715512
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Political structure & processes; Ministerium fÃ¨ur Staatssicherheit; History; Germany - History; Intelligence Agencies; Politics and government; True Crime / Espionage; Ministerium fur Staatssicherh; History: World; Germany; Espionage; Europe - Germany; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; GERMANY (EAST)_HISTORY; GERMANY (EAST)_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; History / Germany; Germany (East); Germany (East).; Intelligence service; Ministerium fèur Staatssicherheit
Description: The Stasi, the first English-language account of the East German secret police, tells the story of the Stasi from its origins in the dreaded Cheka, the notorious Russian secret police, to its abolition in 1989.

Based on years of personal experience with the Stasi, interviews with members of the German parliament, and street interviews conducted in several East German towns, David Childs and Richard Popplewell uncover a fascinating yet horrifying story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism, and the occasionally courageous dissenter.