Securing the Communist State : The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Romania, 1944-1948.

By: van de Grift, LiesbethContributor(s): Van De Grift, LiesbethMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book SeriesPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (158 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780739171790Subject(s): Internal security - Romania - History - 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Securing the Communist State : The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Romania, 1944–1948DDC classification: 363.209431 LOC classification: HX280.5.A6 -- G7513 2012ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918-1944 -- Chapter 3: Postwar Reconstruction and Transitional Politics, 1944-1948 -- Chapter 4: "Control Must Rest Firmly in Our Hands" -- Chapter 5: "A Regime, Not a Government Has Changed" -- Chapter 6: Control versus Chaos -- Chapter 7: Epilogue -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918-1944 -- Chapter 3: Postwar Reconstruction and Transitional Politics, 1944-1948 -- Chapter 4: "Control Must Rest Firmly in Our Hands" -- Chapter 5: "A Regime, Not a Government Has Changed" -- Chapter 6: Control versus Chaos -- Chapter 7: Epilogue -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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