{"product_id":"the-watchful-state-9780875803319","title":"The Watchful State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did the imperial Russian government fail to prevent revolution in 1917? Were its security policies flawed? This broadly researched study of Russia''s security police investigates the government''s efforts to maintain order as it struggled against political opposition and threats of violence during the last decade before the Revolution. Historian Jonathan Daly brings to life the men who, often with reformist intentions, took on the task of defending Russia against political dissent and revolution from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Watchful State\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the security police matched wits with revolutionary activists under Russia''s first constitutional government, from 1906 until the collapse of order in 1917. The secret police kept a watchful eye on a large number of the radical political activists who threatened the state order. Such constant scrutiny enabled the secret police frequently to disrupt plots against the government, to set snares to trap conspirators, and to hold the w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on impressive archival research, an informed reading of memoirs and published documents and an intelligent use of the many recent publications, particularly from Russia, on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA splendid work by a mature scholar in command of his field, \u003ci\u003eThe Watchful State\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the study of the Russian secret police and to the broader field of Russian institutional history.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Richard Robbins, University of New Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell written... painstakingly accurate about administrative details [and] full of the drama of its time. A pleasure to read.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Policing the Constitutional Order in 1906\u003cbr\u003e 2. Revolution's End\u003cbr\u003e 3. Watershed: The Azef Affair\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Apogee of the Watchful State\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Moralist Running the Police Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Security Police in the First World War\u003cbr\u003e 7. Collapse of the Watchful State\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406418485591,"sku":"9780875803319","price":33.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803319.jpg?v=1730495730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-watchful-state-9780875803319","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}