Liesbeth Van De Grift

Securing the Communist State

The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Romania, 1944-1948

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 147mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780739171783
• ISBN-10: 073917178X
• Artikelnr.: 34225622

Autorenporträt

By Liesbeth van de Grift

Inhaltsangabe

Contents 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': The
Reconstruction of the Security Apparatus in the Soviet Zone of Occupation
Chapter 5. 'A regime, not a government has changed': The Reconstruction of
the Security Apparatus in Romania Chapter 6. Control versus Chaos: The
Soviet Zone in Germany and Romania Compared Chapter 7. Epilogue
Bibliography About the Author