Agents of Terror: Ordinary Men and Extraordinary Violence in Stalin's Secret Police

by Alexander Vatlin

Book Overview

In the Great Terror of 1937-38 more than a million Soviet citizens were arrested or killed for political crimes they didn't commit. What kind of people carried out this violent purge, and what motivated them? This book opens up the world of the Soviet perpetrator for the first time. Focusing on Kuntsevo, the Moscow suburb where Stalin had a dacha, Alexander Vatlin shows how Stalinism rewarded local officials for inventing enemies.
Agents of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299310841
• ISBN13: 9780299310844
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"