Jamie Bryson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6051246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jamie Bryson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jamie |
| FAMILY NAME | Bryson |
| SIGNATURE | BRYSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-1886-3296 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spy mania and state security
This article examines the transformation of Russia’s secret police (Okhrana or Okhranka) during the First World War, particularly after the Great Retreat of 1915. Drawing extensively on archived reports and official circulars, it argues that military defeat and political upheaval expanded the category of the ‘internal enemy’ and pushed the secret police to adapt surveillance beyond its traditional remit. The analysis situates spy mania, patriotic…
Russian History without Russia
This comment is the personal reflection of an early career historian on the challenges of working on Russian history during a time of geopolitical change and declining access. As libraries and archives in the Russian Federation become increasingly difficult to use following the invasion of Ukraine, early-career and younger historians are being forced to adopt remote or indirect methods of research due to formal and informal barriers. I reflect on…
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Russian History without Russia
This comment is the personal reflection of an early career historian on the challenges of working on Russian history during a time of geopolitical change and declining access. As libraries and archives in the Russian Federation become increasingly difficult to use following the invasion of Ukraine, early-career and younger historians are being forced to adopt remote or indirect methods of research due to formal and informal barriers. I reflect on…
Spy mania and state security
This article examines the transformation of Russia’s secret police (Okhrana or Okhranka) during the First World War, particularly after the Great Retreat of 1915. Drawing extensively on archived reports and official circulars, it argues that military defeat and political upheaval expanded the category of the ‘internal enemy’ and pushed the secret police to adapt surveillance beyond its traditional remit. The analysis situates spy mania, patriotic…
Soviet and Russian History (2 works) · Adversary (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Cold war (1 work) · Geopolitics (1 work) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (1 work) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (1 work) · National security (1 work) · Paranoia (1 work) · Politics (1 work)