Securing the communist state
Subtitle: the reconstruction of coercive institutions in the Soviet zone of Germany and Romania, 1944-1948
By: Liesbeth van de Grift
Series: The Harvard cold war studies book series
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739171783; 9780739171790
Subjects: Politics and government; Communism; Internal security; History
Work titles: Voorwaarts en vergeten
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: From democracy to dictatorship, 1918-1944; title: Postwar reconstruction and transitional politics, 1944-1948; title: "Control must rest firmly in our hands" : the reconstruction of the security apparatus in the Soviet zone of occupation; title: "A regime, not a government has changed" : the reconstruction of the security apparatus in Romania; title: Control versus chaos : the Soviet zone in Germany and Romania compared.