Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russia and East Europe) - Softcover

Williams, K.; Deletant, D.

 
9781349403103: Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1349403105 ISBN 13: 9781349403103
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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 end of December 1989 he returned to Bucharest as consultant to the BBC during the Romanian revolution.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349403105
ISBN 13 
9781349403103
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
300