The limits of secret police power : the Magdeburger Stasi, 1953-1989 /

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Author / Creator:Peterson, Edward N. (Edward Norman), 1925-
Imprint:New York : P. Lang, c2004.
Description:vi, 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in modern European history, 0893-6897 ; v. 55
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5535754
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ISBN:0820470503 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The 1950s - a wall needed to survive
  • II. The 1960s - a wall not high enough
  • III. The 1970s - permitting bits over the wall
  • IV. The 1980s - desires piercing the wall
  • V. 1987 - patching holes in the wall
  • VI. 1988 - a pushing from both sides
  • VII. 1988-89 - discontent climbs the wall
  • VIII. 1989 - the outer walls falling away
  • IX. Summer - a great gap opens a flood
  • X. Improbable leaders take to the streets
  • XI. October - the party losing its head
  • XII. The police losing control of the streets
  • XIII. The shield and the sword splintering
  • XIV. Reflections on police limitations.