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Author Lewis, Alison, 1958- author.

Title A state of secrecy Stasi informers and the culture of surveillance / Alison Lewis
Published Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2021

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Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Recruiting Writers for the Stasi, 1949-1962 -- 2. Handling Informants and Sustaining Motivation, 1962-1972 -- 3. Policing the "Line on Writers" and Living the Secret Life, 1971-1976 -- 4. The Secret War on Political-Ideological Diversion, 1976-1978 -- 5. Simulation and Secret Policing the Underground, 1979-1982 -- 6. The Culture Wars, 1983-1989 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary A series of five interlaced, in-depth biographical studies from across the spectrum of writers-turned-spies recruited by the Stasi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit -- History
SUBJECT Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit fast
Subject Informers -- Germany (East)
Authors as spies -- Germany (East)
Intelligence service -- Germany (East) -- History
Intelligence service
Informers
Authors as spies
Germany (East)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781640124851
1640124853