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The Great Terror A Reassessment (1968. revised ed. 1990)
How did the Soviet state turn on its own party and people in the purges of the late thirties, and what did it cost?
At a glance
- Author
- Robert Conquest
Why read it
- You will understand why the Terror was no accident, since it grew from Bolshevik rule and the party's own history
- You will learn how the Terror selected for obedience, promoting cadres who would carry out any order without question
- You will weigh the lasting damage of fear on a society, which Soviet writers themselves describe as paralysis
Who it is for
- A reader of Soviet history who wants the purges explained
- Someone studying how regimes use fear and forced confessions
- A reader of Russian literature wanting the historical background
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