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Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization

By David Priestland

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
0199245134, 9780199245130, 9781429489904
Open Library ID
OL17218814M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3176197 bytes)
Pages
500\500
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

Stalin's Terror of 1937-8 is one of the most extraordinary events of the twentieth century. His seemingly irrational attack on the military, technical, and political élite on the eve of war, precisely the time when he needed them most, remains difficult to understand. Stalinism and the Politics of Terror provides a new explanation of the political violence of the late 1930s by examining the thinking of Stalin and his allies, and placing it in the broader context of Bolshevik ideas since 1917.

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