The KGB: Police and Politics in the Soviet Union

ISBN-13: 9780367612283 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 374 str.

Amy W. Knight

Opis

This book, first published in 1990, analyses the KGB’s involvement in Kremlin politics, the structure and organisation of the KGB, its formal tasks and legal prerogatives as set forth by the Party leadership, and the actual functions it performs on behalf of the Soviet regime.

Spis treści

Part 1. Origins and Evolution  1. The Origins of the KGB  2. The KGB: Reform and Rehabilitation, 1954-1967  3. The KGB and Party Politics, 1967-1987  Part 2. The Structure of the KGB  4. The KGB: Functions, Organisation and Party Control  5. CPSU Cadres Policy and Career Patterns in the KGB  Part 3. The Functions of the KGB  6. The KGB and Internal Security  7. KGB Security and Border Troops  8. The KGB’s Special Departments in the Soviet Armed Forces  9. The KGB and Soviet Foreign Policy

O autorze

Amy W. Knight