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The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939
J. Arch Getty & Oleg V. Naumov
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Description for The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939
paperback. Assembles some of the top secret Soviet documents, from the era of Stalin's purges. This title includes the dossiers, police reports, private letters, secret transcripts, and other documents that expose the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and the dark inhumanity of the purge process. Translator(s): Sher, Benjamin. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Now updated with new facts, and abridged for use in Soviet history courses, this gripping book assembles top secret Soviet documents, translated into English, from the era of Stalin’s purges. The dossiers, police reports, private letters, secret transcripts, and other documents expose the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and the dark inhumanity of the purge process.
“[This] book will be of great value to students of the Terror and . . . the material, such as Bukharin’s last letter, is astounding.”—Michael J. Ybarra, Wall Street Journal
“It will be indispensable for all historians and researchers of communism, the ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Annals of Communism
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300104073
SKU
9780300104073
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About J. Arch Getty & Oleg V. Naumov
J. Arch Getty is professor of modern Russian history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Oleg V. Naumov is director of the Moscow archive RGASPI.
Reviews for The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939
"'This book will be of great value to students of the Terror and... the material, such as Bukharin's last letter, is astounding.' Michael J. Ybarra, Wall Street Journal 'It will be indispensable for all historians and researchers of communism, the USSR, and Stalinism for many decades to come.' Roy A. Medvedev, author of Let History Judge"