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

Kieran Williams; Dennis Deletant

ISBN 10: 0333713729 / ISBN 13: 9780333713723

Published by Palgrave, 2001

About this Item

Published by Palgrave in 2001, this is the first hardback printing of Kieran Williams and Dennis Deletant's Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies : The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russia and East Europe, University College London Series). 291 pages, black cloth binding, the book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania (Studies in Russia and East Europe)
• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333713729
• ISBN 13: 9780333713723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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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.

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.