Security Empire - The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe

"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.

About the author

Molly Pucci is assistant professor of twentieth-century European history at Trinity College Dublin. She was a Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute. Her doctoral dissertation was awarded the Radomír Luza Prize in Central European History in 2015.

Summary

A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany

Product details

• Authors: Molly Pucci
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780300242577
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24257-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Eastern Europe, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General