ISBN10: 8389078821, ISBN13: 9788389078827, [publisher: Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw] Hardcover First Edition very nice copy
[Potomac, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 8389078821, ISBN13: 9788389078827, [publisher: Warsaw : Institue National Remembrance] Hardcover Original boards, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
[Almere, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 2005]
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Warsaw : Institue National Remembrance, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. Original boards, illustrations in b/w, 8vo. 2005. Warsaw : Institue National Remembrance ISBN 8389078821 9788389078827 [NL]

ISBN10: 8389078821, ISBN13: 9788389078827, [publisher: Institute of National Remembrance IPN, Warsaw] Hardcover First Edition Scarce hardcover, 352pp + 8 pages of b&w photos. Cancelled foreign library stamps & pencil inventory numbers on the reverse of the title page. Page 320 with a triangular tear in inner lower corner and faint dark dusty marks (neither is affecting the text). Else interior is very good, clean and bright throughout, with unmarked text, firmly bound. Boards show mild handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- The security apparatus, the "sword and shield of the party," was a mainstay of the communist system, which let the totalitarian dictatorship continue for so many years. The communist security apparatus in East Central Europe left tens of thousands dead, millions incarcerated and persecuted in sundry ways. Without studying its history it is impossible to understand not only the past but also the present of this part of Europe. This book is the first attempt at a synthesis of the history of the communist security apparatus in the European countries of the Soviet bloc. Nine authors from six countries present the current state of research and point directions for further investigation. -- Contents: Preface; Soviet Union 1917- 1945 / Nicholas Werth [Origins of the Soviet Security Apparatus, December 1917- End of 1921; From Cheka to GPU: Change and Continuity, 1921-1922; OGPU in Action, 1923-1934; NKVD: Executor of Stalinist ...
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