Road to Terror - Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 USSR, and Stalinism for many decades to come."--Roy A. Medvedev, author of Let History Judge Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: J Arch Getty, J. Arch Getty, J. Arch Naumov Getty, J.Arch Getty, J.arch Naumov Getty, Oleg V. Naumov
• Assisted by: Benjamin Sher (Translation), Sher Benjamin (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2010
• EAN: 9780300104073
• ISBN: 978-0-300-10407-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Annals of Communism; Annals of Communism; Annals of Communism (YUP)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Far-left political ideologies and movements, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Marxism & Communism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era