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Dismantling Tyranny

Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes

Edited by Ilan Berman and Michael J. Waller - Contributions by Fredo Arias-King; Jaroslav Basta; Andrzej Grajewski; John Koehler; Aadu Oll; Tomas Skucas and J Michael Waller

When a totalitarian group seizes power, one of the first institutions it creates is a secret political police. Since the birth of modern totalitarianism, in country after country, secret political police have been the predominant instruments of power, used to consolidate power, neutralize the opposition, and erect a one-party state. Yet, when these same totalitarian regimes have liberalized or collapsed, the secret political police have often managed to survive and even remain relevant. Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes provides a groundbreaking exploration of this survival tendency in seven formerly communist regimes in the former Soviet Union and Latin America - and the lessons these transformations hold for future democratic revolutions. But Dismantling Tyranny is also much more: it is a guidebook designed to empower, inform, and guide future transitions toward democracy for those political leaders with the initiative, and courage, to embark upon such a visionary path. Published in cooperation with the American Foreign Policy Council.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / American Foreign Policy
Pages: 192 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-0-7425-4903-6 • Paperback • December 2005 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
978-0-7425-7714-5 • eBook • December 2005 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
Subjects: Political Science / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post- Communism & Socialism, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Public Policy / General
Ilan Berman is the vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., where he directs the Eurasia program. He is an adjunct professor at American University, where he teaches international law and international security, and is a member of the Committe on the Present Danger. He has consulted for the CIA and the Pentagon. He is an expert on regional security and foreign policy in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Russian Federation. Berman is the author of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States (2005). Dr. J. Michael Waller is the Walter and Lenore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics. He is a founding editor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. He has consulted for the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of Secret Empire: The KGB in Russia Today.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction: The Centrality of the Secret Police
Chapter 3 Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB
Chapter 4 Czech Republic: Cui Bono, Cui Podest?
Chapter 5 East Germany: The Stasi and De-Stasification
Chapter 6 Estonia: Toward Post-Communist Reconstruction
Chapter 7 Lithuania: A Problem of Disclosure
Chapter 8 Nicaragua: Tropical Chekists
Chapter 9 Poland: Continuity and Change
Chapter 10 Conclusion: Past as Prologue
... a most interesting book.
— Georgie Anne Geyer


Dismantling Tyranny

Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes

Cover Image
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • When a totalitarian group seizes power, one of the first institutions it creates is a secret political police. Since the birth of modern totalitarianism, in country after country, secret political police have been the predominant instruments of power, used to consolidate power, neutralize the opposition, and erect a one-party state. Yet, when these same totalitarian regimes have liberalized or collapsed, the secret political police have often managed to survive and even remain relevant. Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes provides a groundbreaking exploration of this survival tendency in seven formerly communist regimes in the former Soviet Union and Latin America - and the lessons these transformations hold for future democratic revolutions. But Dismantling Tyranny is also much more: it is a guidebook designed to empower, inform, and guide future transitions toward democracy for those political leaders with the initiative, and courage, to embark upon such a visionary path. Published in cooperation with the American Foreign Policy Council.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / American Foreign Policy
    Pages: 192 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-0-7425-4903-6 • Paperback • December 2005 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    978-0-7425-7714-5 • eBook • December 2005 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post- Communism & Socialism, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Public Policy / General
Author
Author
  • Ilan Berman is the vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., where he directs the Eurasia program. He is an adjunct professor at American University, where he teaches international law and international security, and is a member of the Committe on the Present Danger. He has consulted for the CIA and the Pentagon. He is an expert on regional security and foreign policy in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Russian Federation. Berman is the author of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States (2005). Dr. J. Michael Waller is the Walter and Lenore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics. He is a founding editor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. He has consulted for the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of Secret Empire: The KGB in Russia Today.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part 1 Preface
    Part 2 Introduction: The Centrality of the Secret Police
    Chapter 3 Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB
    Chapter 4 Czech Republic: Cui Bono, Cui Podest?
    Chapter 5 East Germany: The Stasi and De-Stasification
    Chapter 6 Estonia: Toward Post-Communist Reconstruction
    Chapter 7 Lithuania: A Problem of Disclosure
    Chapter 8 Nicaragua: Tropical Chekists
    Chapter 9 Poland: Continuity and Change
    Chapter 10 Conclusion: Past as Prologue
Reviews
Reviews
  • ... a most interesting book.
    — Georgie Anne Geyer


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