Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania

The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of Communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors detail the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.

Author Biography: Kieran Williams is Lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

Author Biography: Dennis Deletant is Professor of Romanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.