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John O. Koehler – Stasi : The Untold Story Of The East German Secret Police - Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1999, 460 páginas.

Primeira edição paperback, do mesmo ano e editora da primeira absoluta, em formato Hardcover

Livro em muito bom estado, praticamente novo (li-o uma vez), tem apenas uns mínimos sinais de uso no ângulos da capa, sobretudo a pequena dobra/vinco no topo, foto 1.

Quanto ao miolo, impecável, sem notas ou assinaturas de posse mas tem alguns sublinhados meus, uma dezena, se tanto, e tudo a carvão.

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Da contracapa:

In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. Koehler methodically reviews the Stasi's activities within East Germany and overseas, including its programs for internal repression, international espionage, terrorism and terrorist training, art theft, and special operations in Latin America and Africa. Koehler was both Berlin bureau chief of the Associated Press during the height of the Cold War and a U.S. Army Intelligence officer. His insider's account is based on primary sources, such as U.S. intelligence files, Stasi documents made available only to the author, and extensive interviews with victims of political oppression, former Stasi officers, and West German government officials. Drawing from these sources, Koehler recounts tales that rival the most outlandish Hollywood spy thriller and, at the same time, offers the definitive contribution to our understanding of this still largely unwritten aspect of the history of the Cold War and modern Germany.

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John O. Koehler served as foreign correspondent for the Associated Press for 28 years, including stints as chief for both the Berlin and Bonn Bureaus.

He also served as Assistant to the President and Director of Communications under Ronald Reagan.

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Koehler was born Wolfgang Koehler in Dresden, Germany, but fled the city to escape the invasion of Soviet troops into Germany towards the end of World War II.

He soon found a position as a German language interpreter for the United States Army when he was a teenager.

He emigrated to Canada after World War II and then immigrated to the United States in 1954.

Koehler enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he worked in military intelligence.

He legally changed his name to John Koehler after moving to the United States.

Koehler took a position with the Associated Press as a foreign correspondent in Berlin and Bonn, West Germany.

He then became the Associated Press' bureau chief in Newark, New Jersey.

He rose to become the assistant general manager and managing director of AP's world services, a position he held until his retirement in 1985.

The United States Information Agency recruited Koehler to lobby on behalf of the Afghan resistance following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

He traveled to Pakistan and France to focus on helping the Afghan rebels get their messages out to uncensored media and to foreign governments.