The secret history of Soviet Russia's police state : cruelty, co-operation and compromise, 1917-91
Whittock, Martyn J.2020
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Citizens of the West have, for the most part, been told a very simplified story of the repressive 'totalitarian' state that was the USSR. In fact, it was sustained by more than just policing and force. No amount of revisionist history can erase the reality of millions controlled, imprisoned and killed, but there was much more to the USSR's one-party state than this. Whittock tells a more complex story of the combination of cruelty, co-operation and compromise required to build and run a one-party state. Much of this is the story of the role played by the secret police in creating and sustaining such a form of government, but it is much more than simply a 'history of the secret police'.
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Author:
Whittock, Martyn J., author
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2020.
Collation:
xix, 316 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472142405 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
947.084
Language:
English
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BRN:
2520009