Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (778 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0842026517 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An explanation of the Azef affair. I have read a previous book about the terrorist/police spy Azef. The author-a Harvard PhD shows how Azef was probably just a police spy rather than a commited SR who wanted to terrorize the Tzarist state. Azef wanted the good life of no work and luxeries, and therefore siphoned money out of the SR bank coffers, along with taking his police spy salery. He was not a commited socialist.His betrayal came because of a ki
Anna Geifman gives us a riveting portrait of Evno Azef, the most important and elusive police spy in the history of the Russian Revolutionary Movement. (Norman M. (Pipes, Richard) . As one of the premier historians of Russian terrorism, Geifman also explores the psychological realm of Azef's treachery, providing important insights into his motivations and career. Azef was neither a double agent nor a provocateur. Geifman's research is impeccable and her argument convincing. It strives, on the basis of newly opened archival materials, to reevaluate the personality and career of tsarist Russia's notorious master 'spy.' Azef, who worked for the security police while heading the revolutionary terroris
Anna Geifman is associate professor of history at Boston University.
Enter Evno Azef, a man who, before being reviled by Socialist-Revolutionary party leaders as a traitorous double agent, would spend fifteen years inside the P.S.R., the largest terrorist organization in Russia. The book evaluates the consequences of the Azef affair for the party, for the Russian revolutionary mov. The use of undercover police spies to infiltrate oppositionist groups was a primary means of combatting terrorist activity. A thorough investigation based on all available documentary resources-available for the first time due to the Soviet government's demise-Entangled in Terror: The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution sorts out the facts of the case from rumors and legends. In the winter of 1909, a political bombshell exploded in tsarist Russia. Scandal swept not only the empire but the entire world with the exposure of the secret life of one man. More than 17,000 people were killed or wounded throughout the empire between 1905 and 1910 as a result of political assassination attempts alone. party and its Combat Organization, the course of Azef's career, his role within the party, and the extent and frequency of his contacts with the secret police. Entangled in Terror explores the background and history of the radical S.R. Combat Organization: Evno Azef, Russian master spy. His story is inseparable from the history of the Russian Socialist-Revolu