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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Christian SchmeidelPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9781138010413ISBN 10: 1138010413 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 28 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Origins and Development of the East German Secret Police 2. The Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter Informant System 3. In Unequal Battle: Stasi and the Churches 4. Stasi Penetration of the Artistic Community and Universities 5. Foreign Espionage Operations 6. Cooperation between the Red Army Faction and StaatssicherheitReviewsFinally, a concise, readable history of the Stasi. John Schmeidel has done a wonderful job. Western intelligence agencies agreed that the Stasi was the most efficient and successful of the former communist intelligence services. The number of damaging East German spies uncovered after the fall of the Wall confirmed this. Why should one care today? Not only because the Stasi once trained radical Latin American, Asian, Middle Eastern and African intelligence organizations still active in 2007. Since 1990, former Stasi officers have gone into business as security consultants around the world to governments, private industry, organized crime and terror groups. Stasi skill has improved the lethality of modern terrorism. Richard Palmer, CEO of Cachet International, twenty year CIA operations veteran and former Chief of Station in Europe. Finally, a concise, readable history of the Stasi. John Schmeidel has done a wonderful job. Western intelligence agencies agreed that the Stasi was the most efficient and successful of the former communist intelligence services. The number of damaging East German spies uncovered after the fall of the Wall confirmed this. Why should one care today? Not only because the Stasi once trained radical Latin American, Asian, Middle Eastern and African intelligence organizations still active in 2007. Since 1990, former Stasi officers have gone into business as security consultants around the world to governments, private industry, organized crime and terror groups. Stasi skill has improved the lethality of modern terrorism. Richard Palmer, CEO of Cachet International, twenty year CIA operations veteran and former Chief of Station in Europe. Author Information"John Christian Schmeidel is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Pembroke College, Cambridge University, where he earned a Ph.D. in modern history. He was for eight years a banker in Europe, briefly a consultant to the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California on middle eastern terrorism and a U.S. government-sponsored Fulbright Scholar in Tunisia. He is presently a criminal prosecutor in northern Arizona.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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