Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)
Williams, Kieran, Deletant, Dennis
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Description for Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)
Hardcover. An account of the secret police in Eastern Europe before and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1DVKS; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JKSW1; JPHV; KNSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 577.
The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.
The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russia and East Europe
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333713723
SKU
V9780333713723
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About Williams, Kieran, Deletant, Dennis
KIERAN WILLIAMS is Lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Among his publications are The Prague Spring and its Aftermath: Czechoslovak Politics, 1968-1970 (1997), which was awarded the BASEES/Orbis prize in 1998. DENNIS DELETANT is Professor of Romanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. At the ... Read more
Reviews for Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)
`This is an engagingly written and extremely topical book that sheds new light on the important relationship between political transition and the reform of security services. The authors explore the concept of security intelligence and place the discussion of post-Communist Europe within the wider context of transitions from authoritarian rule and security-sector reform. The substantive chapters on Czech, Slovak and ... Read more