Recruiting writers for the Stasi, 1949-1962 -- Handling informants and sustaining motivation, 1962-1972 -- Policing the "line on writers" and living the secret life, 1971-1976 -- The secret war on political-ideological diversion, 1976-1978 -- Simulation and secret policing the underground, 1979-1982 -- The culture wars, 1983-1989 -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"A State of Secrecy: Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance presents a series of five interlaced, in-depth biographical studies from across the spectrum of writers-turned-spies recruited by the Stasi"-- Provided by publisher.
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