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D751.736 版次： |
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著者:
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Bruce, Gary, |
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题名:
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The firm : [ the inside story of the Stasi /] / , |
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版次:
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[1st Oxford University Press pbk. ed.] . |
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出版地： Oxford ; 出版社： Oxford University Press, 出版日期： 2012. |
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载体形态:
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xiv, 239 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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附注:
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Originally published: 2010. |
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内容提要:
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"Based on previously classified documents and on interviews with former secret police officers and ordinary citizens, The Firm is the first comprehensive history of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, at the grassroots level. Focusing on Gransee and Perleberg, two East German districts located north of Berlin, Gary Bruce reveals how the Stasi monitored small-town East Germany. He paints an eminently human portrait of those involved with this repressive arm of the government, featuring interviews with former officers that uncover a wide array of personalities, from devoted ideologues to reluctant opportunists, most of whom talked frankly about East Germany's obsession with surveillance. Their paths after the collapse of Communism are gripping stories of resurrection and despair, of renewal and demise, of remorse and continued adherence to the movement. The book also sheds much light on the role of the informant, the Stasi's most important tool in these out-of-the-way areas. Providing on-the-ground empirical evidence of how the Stasi operated on a day-to-day basi |