{"product_id":"gods-spies-the-stasis-cold-war-espionage-campaign-inside-the-church-paperback","title":"God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Braw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe real-life cloak-and-dagger story of how East Germany's notorious spy agency infiltrated churches here and abroad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Germany only existed for a short forty years, but in that time, the country's secret police, the Stasi, developed a highly successful \"church department\" that--using persuasion rather than threats--managed to recruit an extraordinary stable of clergy spies. Pastors, professors, seminary students, and even bishops spied on colleagues, other Christians, and anyone else they could report about to their handlers in the Stasi.\u003c\/p\u003e Thanks to its pastor spies, the Church Department (official name: Department XX\/4) knew exactly what was happening and being planned in the country's predominantly Lutheran churches. Yet ultimately it failed in its mission: despite knowing virtually everything about East German Christians, the Stasi couldn't prevent the church-led protests that erupted in 1989 and brought down the Berlin Wall.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Braw\u003c\/b\u003e runs the Modern Deterrence project at RUSI, a London-based defence and security think tank. She was previously a correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e (London), \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing on European security.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520021512413,"sku":"9780802885807","price":38.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Cb4YekKGhi9780802885807.webp?v=1772235435","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/gods-spies-the-stasis-cold-war-espionage-campaign-inside-the-church-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}