| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages). |
| Series |
Yale-Hoover series on authoritarian regimes
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Yale-Hoover series on authoritarian regimes.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 László 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 |
| Summary |
A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany †‹This book 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. She also 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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Intelligence service -- Poland -- History.
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Intelligence service -- Czechoslovakia -- History.
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Intelligence service -- Germany (East) -- History.
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89.86 military espionage, military intelligence. |
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. |
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Intelligence service |
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Politics and government |
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Czechoslovakia |
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Eastern Europe |
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Germany (East) |
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Poland https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRgyP3qcDKmj68x7FVbM |
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Intelligence service -- Europe, Eastern -- History. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pucci, Molly. Security empire. [New Haven] : Yale University Press, 2020 0300242573 (OCoLC)1121602447 |
| ISBN |
030025234X (electronic book) |
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9780300252347 (electronic bk.) |
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9780300242577 |
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0300242573 |
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