The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and 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
details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the
development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.