ABSTRACT
The Soviet Secret Police (1957) depicts the main aspects of the development, structure and functions of the secret police of the Soviet Union. Much of the information contained within comes from the personal testimony of Soviet citizens who had experienced various activities of the secret police, and forms a full and objective study of the secret police and its role in the Soviet system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
The Evolution of the Soviet Secret Police
part II|292 pages
The Secret Police As Viewed by Former Soviet Citizens
chapter |31 pages
Feliks Dzerzhinski: Creator of the Cheka and Founder of “Chekism”
(A Contribution to the History of Soviet Terrorism)