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Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941 1934-1941

Name: Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941
Author: Robert W. Thurston

Auteur: Robert W. Thurston

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Robert W. Thurston

Engels
Hardcover
9780300064018
27 maart 1996
296 pagina's

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Terror, in the sense of mass, unjust arrests, characterized the USSR during the late 1930s. But, argues Robert Thurston in this controversial book, Stalin did not intend to terrorize the country and did not need to rule by fear. Memoirs and interviews with Soviet people indicate that many more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it. Drawing on recently opened Soviet archives and other sources, Thurston shows that between 1934 and 1936 police and court practice relaxed significantly. Then a series of events, together with the tense international situation and memories of real enemy activity during the savage Russian Civil War, combined to push leaders and people into a hysterical hunt for perceived wreckers. After late 1938, however, the police and courts became dramatically milder. Coercion was not the key factor keeping the regime in power. More important was voluntary support, fostered at least in the cities by broad opportunities to criticize conditions and participate in decision making on the local level. The German invasion of 1941 found the populace deeply divided in its judgment of Stalinism, but the country's soldiers generally fought hard in its defense. Using German and Russian sources, the author probes Soviet morale and performance in the early fighting. Thurston's portrait of the era sheds new light on Stalin and the nature of his regime. It presents an unconventional and less condescending view of the Soviet people, depicted not simply as victims but also as actors in the violence, criticisms, and local decisions of the 1930s. Ironically, Stalinism helped prepare the way for the much more active society and for the reforms of fifty years later.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 maart 1996
Aantal pagina's: 296
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Robert W. Thurston
Hoofduitgeverij: Yale University Press

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Editie: New title
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 165 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 21 mm
Verpakking lengte: 240 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 570 g

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EAN: 9780300064018

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Geschiedenis

Politiek

Europa

Oorlogen

Politieke controle & Vrijheid

Politieke ideologieen

Tweede Wereldoorlog

Onderdrukking & Vervolging

Marxisme & Communisme

Regio's & Landen

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
Periode: ca. 1920-1939, Tweede Wereldoorlog
Land: Rusland

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