The Great Terror
The Great Terror: A Reassessment Robert Conquest,
Publisher: Pimlico
ISBN: 1845951441
Edition: Paperback; 2008-02-26
Summary:
First published in 1968 to universal critical acclaim, this
definitive account of Stalin’s Terror is reissued with a new
introduction which revisits the book in light of glasnost. When first
published in 1968, The Great Terror was universally acclaimed as one
of the most important books ever written about the Soviet Union. Now,
in this revised and updated edition, Robert Conquest uses fresh and
dramatic material, which has only recently become available, to give
further depth and breadth to his history of the momentous years
between 1934 and 1939, when millions of people died in Stalin’s
purges. His reassessment of its significance confirms the Terror as
one of the most tragic and far-reaching human and political issues of
our time. “I know of no other work of modern history to which it can
be compared. Robert Conquest deserves the thanks of humanity. The
Great Terror is a major contribution to civilization; and I urge
anyone who considers themselves civilized, or even capable of
becoming so, to read this mighty and dreadful, fervent and
controlled, just and merciless, rolling and detailed, timely and
prophetic and — above all — most necessary book.” —Bernard Levin
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