Dismantling Tyranny Transitioning Beyond

Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes is offers case studies of seven formerly communist-ruled countries and how they resolved the dismantling of their respective secret police organizations. Each country profiled had a unique experience: e.g., the Russian experience of cosmetic transformation; the Czech Republic model of political screening (de jure lustration) and Estonia's model of absolute screening (de facto lustration); and Nicaragua's complete replacement of one loyal totalitarian system with another. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Preface

ix

Fredo Arias-King

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction: The Centrality of the Secret Police

xv

Ilan Berman

J. Michael Waller

Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB

1

(28)

J. Michael Waller

Czech Republic: Cui Bono, Cui Prodest?

29

(14)

Jaroslav Basta

East Germany: The Stasi and De-Stasification

43

(32)

John O. Koehler

Estonia: Toward Post-Communist Reconstruction

75

(14)

Aadu Oll

Lithuania: A Problem of Disclosure

89

(18)

Tomas Skucas

Nicaragua: Tropical Chekists

107

(30)

J. Michael Waller

Poland: Continuity and Change

137

(16)

Andrzej Grajewski

Conclusion: Past as Prologue

153

(4)

Ilan Berman

Index

157

(8)

About the Contributors

165

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Dismantling Tyranny Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes

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