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9780739171783

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739171783

  • ISBN10:

    073917178X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-12-23
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

From Berlin to Bucharest, and Warsaw to Sofia, Soviet tanks crossed national borders through East Central Europe at the end of World War II. The arrival of the Red Army marked an important turning point in history. In only a few years, the often unpopular communist parties developed into political opposition to their rule, and purge the state apparatus of undesirable personnel.

Author Biography

Liesbeth van De Grift is a Dutch historian and postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1918-1944p. 13
Postwar Reconstruction and Transitional Politics, 1944-1948p. 33
"Control Must Rest Firmly in Our Hands": The Reconstruction of the Security Apparatus in the Soviet Zone of Occupationp. 61
"A Regime, Not a Government Has Changed": The Reconstruction of the Security Apparatus in Romaniap. 99
Control versus Chaos: The Soviet Zone in Germany and Romania Comparedp. 149
Epiloguep. 175
Bibliographyp. 181
Indexp. 191
About the Authorp. 195
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