Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia
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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Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia
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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Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia

Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia

by David Priestland
Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia

Stalinism and the Politics of Mobilization: Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-war Russia

by David Priestland

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199245130
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/29/2007
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 5.80(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

St Edmund Hall, Oxford

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and GlossaryIntroduction1. Victory and Fragmentation 1917-19212. The Emergence of Right and Left 1921-19273. Revivalism in Power 1928-19304. The 'Retreat' from Revivalism 1930-19355. Revivalism and Terror 1934-1939Conclusion: Class Struggle and Mobilization in Communist PoliticsBibliography
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