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Perspectives on Resistance with the People
Gary Bruce's volume in the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series,
, provides an overview of the East German state security apparatus (Stasi) from the mid-1940s, when secret police organs were set up in eastern Germany by the Soviet occupation forces, through the mid-1950s, when the size of the Stasi sharply increased, allowing it to become a massive surveillance and repressive apparatus. Bruce examines the origins of the Stasi, the role of the state security organs in the outbreak and suppression of the East German uprising of June 1953, and the subsequent evolution of the Stasi under Walter Ulbricht, who removed his rivals from the state security apparatus and then reestablished it as a separate ministry responsible for “combatting all internal and external enemies” of the Communist regime. Two prominent experts on East German history offer their perspectives on Bruce's book and the role of popular resistance under Communist rule.
Journal Article
When your neighbour changes his wallpaper
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) on 12 March 1985.¹ His subsequent policies ofglasnost(‘openness’) andperestroika(‘restructuring’) aimed to rejuvenate communism but ended up destroying it. This chapter will assess the part he played in the downfall of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), also known as East Germany. Although scholars agree that his role was important, not all give him equal credit. According to Jonathan Grix, they have overemphasised the external factors in the country’s collapse.² Arvid Nelson downplays Gorbachev’s contribution, arguing that a ‘combination of economic and ecological
Book Chapter
Die Sowjetunion und die deutsche Frage: Studien zur sowjetischen Deutschlandpolitik von Stalin bis Chruschtschow
Grieder reviews Die Sowjetunion und die deutsche Frage: Studien zur sowjetischen Deutschlandpolitik von Stalin bis Chruschtschow by Wilfried Loth.
Book Review
