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

Name: Road to Terror Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939
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ISBN: 9780300094039

ISBN-10: 0300094035

ISBN-13: 9780300094039

Edition: 2002

Authors: J. Arch Getty, Oleg V. Naumov, Benjamin Sher

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This volume presents a collection of formerly top-secret Soviet documents from Stalin's great purges of 1932 to 1939. It exposes the hidden inner workings of the Communist Party and seeks to deepen our understanding of Soviet history.

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 688
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Translator's Acknowledgments


Notes on Transliteration and Terminology


A Note on the Documents


Soviet Organizational Acronyms and Abbreviations


Introduction: Party Documents and Bolshevik Mentality



Closing Ranks



The New Situation, 1930-32



Party Discipline in 1932



Repression and Legality



Growing Tension in 1935



Screening Cadres



The Fork in the Road



The Terror



The Face of the Enemy, 1936



The Tide Turns



The Sky Darkens



Party Discipline and the Fall of Bukharin



The Storm of 1937: The Party Commits Suicide



Ending the Terror, 1938



Two Bolsheviks


Conclusion



Numbers of Victims of the Terror



Biographical Sketches


Index of Documents


Index