Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union

Barry McLoughlin

Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 22, 2003 - History - 255 pages

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.

About the author

Barry McLoughlin is part-time Lecturer at Vienna University.

Kevin McDermott is Senior Lecturer in History at Sheffield Hallam University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Stalin's Terror: High Politics and Mass Repression in the Soviet Union
• Author: Barry McLoughlin
• Editors: Barry McLoughlin, Kevin McDermott
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
• ISBN: 1403901198, 9781403901194
• Length: 255 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Eastern; History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union