Terror by Quota: State Security from Lenin to Stalin (an Archival Study)
(Part of the Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes Series)
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This original analysis of the workings of Soviet state security organs under Lenin and Stalin addresses a series of questions that have long resisted satisfactory answers. Why did political repression affect so many people, most of them ordinary citizens? Why did repression come in waves or cycles? Why were economic and petty crimes regarded as political crimes? What was the reason for relying on extra-judicial tribunals? And what motivated the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300134258
ISBN13:9780300134254
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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