Jonathan W. Daly is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is author of Autocracy under Siege.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Policing the Constitutional Order in 19062. Revolution's End3. Watershed: The Azef Affair4. The Apogee of the Watchful State5. A Moralist Running the Police Apparatus6. The Security Police in the First World War7. Collapse of the Watchful StateEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Based 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.(AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW) A splendid work by a mature scholar in command of his field, The Watchful State is a significant contribution to the study of the Russian secret police and to the broader field of Russian institutional history.- Richard Robbins, University of New Mexico Well written... painstakingly accurate about administrative details [and] full of the drama of its time. A pleasure to read.(Journal of Modern History)

Jonathan W. Daly is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is author of Autocracy under Siege.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Policing the Constitutional Order in 19062. Revolution's End3. Watershed: The Azef Affair4. The Apogee of the Watchful State5. A Moralist Running the Police Apparatus6. The Security Police in the First World War7. Collapse of the Watchful StateEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Based 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.(AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW) A splendid work by a mature scholar in command of his field, The Watchful State is a significant contribution to the study of the Russian secret police and to the broader field of Russian institutional history.- Richard Robbins, University of New Mexico Well written... painstakingly accurate about administrative details [and] full of the drama of its time. A pleasure to read.(Journal of Modern History)

Jonathan W. Daly is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is author of Autocracy under Siege.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Policing the Constitutional Order in 19062. Revolution's End3. Watershed: The Azef Affair4. The Apogee of the Watchful State5. A Moralist Running the Police Apparatus6. The Security Police in the First World War7. Collapse of the Watchful StateEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex

Based 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.(AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW) A splendid work by a mature scholar in command of his field, The Watchful State is a significant contribution to the study of the Russian secret police and to the broader field of Russian institutional history.- Richard Robbins, University of New Mexico Well written... painstakingly accurate about administrative details [and] full of the drama of its time. A pleasure to read.(Journal of Modern History)