| Securing the Communist State: The Reconstruction of Coercive Institutions in the Soviet Zone of Germany and Romania, 1944-1948 Contributor(s): Van de Grift, Liesbeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 073917178X ISBN-13: 9780739171783 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 363.209 |
| LCCN: 2011036914 |
| Series: Harvard Cold War Studies Book |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Berlin to Bucharest, from Warsaw to Sofia, Soviet tanks crossed national borders across East Central Europe at the end of the Second World War. The arrival of the Red Army marked an important turn in history. Within only a few years, the often unpopular communist parties developed into political organizations with mass followings. They managed to seize power, eliminate political opposition to their rule, and purge the state apparatus of undesirable personnel. 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. |