Security empire the secret police in communist Eastern Europe / Molly Pucci.

Author/creator Pucci, Molly
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxiv, 378 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
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SeriesThe Yale-Hoover series on authoritarian regimes
Yale-Hoover series on authoritarian regimes. ^A1334686
Contents Introduction -- Part I. Postwar as Revolution: East Europe after the Second World War -- 1. The Rule of Chaos: The Polish Secret Police and the Aftermath of the Second World War -- 2. The Czechoslovak Road to the Secret Police -- 3. Secret Police Networks in the Soviet Zone of Occupation in Germany -- Part II. The Trial of the Hungarian Communist L©Łszl©đ Rajk, Transnational Stalinism, and the Creation of the Eastern Bloc -- 4. Conquering the Secret Police in Poland -- 5. A Revolution in a Revolution in Czechoslovakia -- 6. Building the Stasi in the German Democratic Republic -- 7. The Secret Police: History and Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Abstract "Security Empire examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War. Molly Pucci delves into the ways their origins diverged from the original Soviet model based on differing interpretations of communism and local histories and illuminates the difference between veteran agents who fought in foreign wars and younger, more radical agents who combatted 'enemies of communism' in the Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe"--Jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-373) and index.
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LCCN 2019950957
ISBN0300242573 hardcover
ISBN9780300242577 hardcover

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