Bookbot

The File

A Personal History

Ocena książki

Więcej o książce

When Timothy Garton Ash graduated from Oxford in 1978, he went to live in Berlin, ostensibly to research and write about Nazism. But once there, he gradually immersed himself in a study of the repressive political culture of East Germany. As if to return the favor, that culture--in the form of the dreaded East German secret police, the "Stasi"--secretly began studying him. As was Stasi's practice, over the years its study produced a considerable paper trail. After the fall of the East German communist regime, a government apparatus was established to allow those targeted to see their Stasi files, and Garton Ash discovered and pored over his. He then set about to interview the people who made this gross intrusion possible, the several case officers, and the numerous regular-citizen informers. The result is nothing short of a journey into the darkest recesses of the totalitarian mind, taking its place honorably alongside 1984 and Darkness at Noon .

Zakup książki

The File, Timothy Garton Ash

Język
Rok wydania
1997
Oprawa
(twarda)
Jak tylko się pojawi, wyślemy Ci wiadomość e-mail.

Metody płatności

3,9
Bardzo dobra
937 Ocena

Brakuje nam tutaj Twojej recenzji.

Tytuł
The File
Podtytuł
A Personal History
Język
angielski
Rok wydania
1997
Oprawa
twarda
Liczba stron
226
ISBN10
0002558238
ISBN13
9780002558235
Seria
Oryginalna nazwa
The file
Ocena
3,85 z 5
Opis
When Timothy Garton Ash graduated from Oxford in 1978, he went to live in Berlin, ostensibly to research and write about Nazism. But once there, he gradually immersed himself in a study of the repressive political culture of East Germany. As if to return the favor, that culture--in the form of the dreaded East German secret police, the "Stasi"--secretly began studying him. As was Stasi's practice, over the years its study produced a considerable paper trail. After the fall of the East German communist regime, a government apparatus was established to allow those targeted to see their Stasi files, and Garton Ash discovered and pored over his. He then set about to interview the people who made this gross intrusion possible, the several case officers, and the numerous regular-citizen informers. The result is nothing short of a journey into the darkest recesses of the totalitarian mind, taking its place honorably alongside 1984 and Darkness at Noon .