The Special World Stalin's Power Apparatus and the Soviet System's Secret Structures of Communication |
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| Author:
| Rosenfeldt, Niels Erik |
| ISBN: | 978-87-635-0773-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | Museum Tusculanum Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $215.95 |
Book Description:
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This groundbreaking two-volume study offers a comprehensive examination of some of the most secret structures of Soviet society-and in particular of Stalin's power and control mechaninsms. Having gained personal access to formerly closed archives in the 1990s-partly opened in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union but subsequently subject to restricted access due to the new Russian leadership-Niels Erik Rosenfeldt presents a detailed description of the principles and...
More DescriptionThis groundbreaking two-volume study offers a comprehensive examination of some of the most secret structures of Soviet society-and in particular of Stalin's power and control mechaninsms. Having gained personal access to formerly closed archives in the 1990s-partly opened in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union but subsequently subject to restricted access due to the new Russian leadership-Niels Erik Rosenfeldt presents a detailed description of the principles and procedures for secrecy in the Soviet System of the 1920s. Leaving no stone unturned, Rosenfeldt investigates and discloses a labyrinthine development of Stalin's secret chancellery-the "Secret Department," the "Special Sector"-from the early 1920s to the death of Stalin in 1953.