Securing the Communist State - The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in Soviet Zone of

Informationen zum Autor Liesbeth van de Grift is a Dutch historian and postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University.    Klappentext In Securing the Communist State, Liesbeth van de Grift provides a new understanding of these organizations using recently disclosed material from the communist archives in Berlin and Bucharest. She reveals how these communist parties gained control over the security apparatus after 1945 in East Central Europe from a transitional justice perspective, focusing on purges and personnel policies. This book shows that the personal break after 1945 was not as radical as is often thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918-1944Chapter 3. Postwar Reconstruction and Transitional Politics, 1944-1948Chapter 4. 'Control Must Rest Firmly in our Hands': The Reconstruction of the Security Apparatus in the Soviet Zone of OccupationChapter 5. 'A regime, not a government has changed': The Reconstruction of the Security Apparatus in RomaniaChapter 6. Control versus Chaos: The Soviet Zone in Germany and Romania ComparedChapter 7. EpilogueBibliographyAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Liesbeth van de Grift, Liesbeth van de Grift, Liesbeth van de Grift
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2011
• EAN: 9780739171783
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7178-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Book; The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education