{"product_id":"the-stasi-9780333630945","title":"The Stasi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Stasi were among the most successful security and intelligence services in the Cold War. Based on a wealth of sources, including interviews with former Stasi officers and their victims, the book tells a fascinating yet frightening story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism and lonely courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book helps us fill an important gap in our understanding of both the GDR and the Soviet bloc as a whole.' - Professor Christopher Andrew, Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Childs and Popplewell give...a fine overview... well-written and enjoyable.' - Jeffrey Kopstein, Europe-Asia Studies ,University of Glasgow\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'The first book in English based largely on revelations from this astonishing archive...[It] helps us fill an important gap in our understanding of both the GDR and the Soviet bloc as a whole.' - Chris Andrew, The Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'A valuable work...based on detailed research, some of it in previously secret archives, and personal experience of the German communist state.' - Peter Johnson, former BBC\/Reuters correspondent, East Berlin\/Moscow, British-German Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction German Communism, the Comintern and Secret Intelligence, 1918-43 The Origins and Development of East German State Security: the Ulbricht Years, 1945-71 The MfS, SED and the East German State The MfS as an Internal Security Organ East German Foreign Intelligence, 1945-89 HVA Operations against West Germany From Triumph to Catastrophe: the Stasi under Mielke and Honecker, 1971-89 Aftermath - Biographical Information Chronology Bibliography Index of Persons General Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534941946199,"sku":"9780333630945","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780333630945.jpg?v=1755858155","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-stasi-9780333630945","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}