Secrets and Truths: Ethnography in the Archive of Romania's Secret Police by Katherine Verdery

Secrets and Truths: Ethnography in the Archive of Romania's Secret Police

Katherine Verdery

289 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Nothing in Soviet-style communism was as shrouded in mystery as its secret police. Its paid employees were known to few and their actual numbers remain uncertain. Its informers and collaborators operated clandestinely under pseudonyms and met thei...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...