Stalins Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union by B. McLo

Description: Stalins Terror by B. McLoughlin, K. McDermott The British, Irish, Russian, American, German and Austrian contributors examine the intricate nature of the mass repression unleashed by the Stalinist leader of the USSR during 1937-38. The second section of the volume looks at mass operations of the secret police (NKVD) against social outcasts, Poles and other hostile ethnic groups. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The British, Irish, Russian, American, German and Austrian contributors examine the intricate nature of the mass repression unleashed by the Stalinist leader of the USSR during 1937 38. The first part of the collection deals with annihilation policies against the Soviet elite and the Communist International. The second section of the volume looks at mass operations of the secret police (NKVD) against social outcasts, Poles and other hostile ethnic groups. The final section comprises micro studies about targeted victim groups among the general population.FRIDRIKH FIRSOV Researcher, History of the Comintern WLADISLAW HEDELER Researcher, History of the Karaganda Gulag Complex OLEG KHLEVNIUK Department of Public Administration, Moscow State University, Russia NATALIA MUSIENKO Lecturer, German Language NIKITA PETROV Vice-Chairman, Board of Memorial, the most prominent Russian organization dedicated to uncovering the crimes of Soviet Communism ARSENII ROGINSKII Chairman, Board of Memorial HANS SCHAFRANEK Freelance Historian, Vienna DAVID SHEARER Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware, USA BERTHOLD UNFRIED Lecturer, Cultural Studies, Vienna University ALEKSANDR VATLIN Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Moscows Lomonosov University, Russia SERGEI ZHURAVLEV Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Notes High Politics & Mass Repression In The Soviet Union Author Biography BARRY MCLOUGHLIN is Dozent at the Institute of Contemporary History, Vienna University. He has co-authored two volumes on the history of Austrian political refugees in the Soviet Union and has written articles on the history of the Comintern and its schools. He also scripted and co-produced for Irish state television the documentary Among Wolves about the Gulag victim Patrick Breslin. Table of Contents List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Archives and Archival Terms Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Rethinking Stalinist Terror; B.McLoughlin & K.McDermott PART I: THE POLITICS OF REPRESSION Party and NKVD: Power Relationships in the Years of the Great Terror; O.Khlevniuk Ezhovs Scenario for the Great Terror and the Falsified Record of the Third Moscow Show Trial; W.Hedeler Dimitrov, the Comintern and Stalinist Repression; F.Firsov PART II: THE POLICE AND MASS REPRESSION Social Disorder, Mass Repression and the NKVD During the 1930s; D.Shearer Mass Operations of the NKVD, 1937-38: A Survey; B.McLoughlin The Polish Operation of the NKVD, 1937-38; N.Petrov & A.Roginskii PART III: VICTIM STUDIES Foreign Communists and the Mechanisms of Soviet Cadre Formation in the USSE; B.Unfried Stalinist Terror in the Moscow District of Kuntsevo, 1937-38; A.Vatlin & N.Musienko The Fictitious Hitler-Jugend Conspiracy of the Moscow NKVD; H.Schafranek & N.Musienko Terror Against Foreign Workers in the Moscow Elektrozavod Plant, 1937-38; S.Zhuravlev Select Bibliography Index Review These excellent contributions not only increase our understanding of the events as a whole; they also provide new details that will surprise even some specialists...[Stalins Terror] provides fresh perspectives and important new factual evidence on one of the most barbaric episodes of the twentieth century, and will benefit anyone interested in modern Russian or European history. - J. Arch Getty, University of California Review Quote "These excellent contributions not only increase our understanding of the events as a whole; they also provide new details that will surprise even some specialists...[Stalins Terror] provides fresh perspectives and important new factual evidence on one of the most barbaric episodes of the twentieth century, and will benefit anyone interested in modern Russian or European history."-- J. Arch Getty, University of California Details ISBN1403939039 Short Title STALINS TERROR Language English ISBN-10 1403939039 ISBN-13 9781403939036 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union Place of Publication Gordonsville Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781403939036 AU Release Date 2002-12-11 NZ Release Date 2002-12-11 US Release Date 2002-12-11 UK Release Date 2002-12-11 Edited by K. McDermott Author K. McDermott Pages 255 Publisher Palgrave USA Edition Description New edition Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-12-11 Alternative 9781403901194 DEWEY 947.0842 Illustrations XVIII, 255 p. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96922122;

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