{"product_id":"dismantling-tyranny-transitioning-beyond-totalitarian-regimes-paperback","title":"Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWaller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a totalitarian group seizes power, one of the first institutions it creates is a secret political police. Since the birth of modern totalitarianism, in country after country, secret political police have been the predominant instruments of power, used to consolidate power, neutralize the opposition, and erect a one-party state. Yet, when these same totalitarian regimes have liberalized or collapsed, the secret political police have often managed to survive and even remain relevant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes\u003c\/i\u003e provides a groundbreaking exploration of this survival tendency in seven formerly communist regimes in the former Soviet Union and Latin America - and the lessons these transformations hold for future democratic revolutions. But \u003ci\u003eDismantling Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e is also much more: it is a guidebook designed to empower, inform, and guide future transitions toward democracy for those political leaders with the initiative, and courage, to embark upon such a visionary path. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in cooperation with the American Foreign Policy Council.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlan Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is the vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., where he directs the Eurasia program. He is an adjunct professor at American University, where he teaches international law and international security, and is a member of the Committe on the Present Danger. He has consulted for the CIA and the Pentagon. He is an expert on regional security and foreign policy in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Russian Federation. Berman is the author of \u003ci\u003eTehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. J. Michael Waller\u003c\/b\u003e is the Walter and Lenore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics. He is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eDemokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization\u003c\/i\u003e. He has consulted for the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSecret Empire: The KGB in Russia Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.92 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314647077101,"sku":"9780742549036","price":93.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/8gORXjwDyJ9780742549036.webp?v=1784665016","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/dismantling-tyranny-transitioning-beyond-totalitarian-regimes-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}