Stalinism and The Politics of Mobilization Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-War Russia

Stalin's Terror of 1937-8 is one of the most extraordinary events of the twentieth century. His seemingly irrational attack on the military, technical, and political elite on the eve of war, precisely the time when he needed them most, remains difficult to understand. Stalinism and the Politics of Terror provides a new explanation of the political violence of the late 1930s by examining the thinking of Stalin and his allies, and placing it in the broader context of Bolshevik ideas since 1917.Priestland, David is the author of 'Stalinism and The Politics of Mobilization Ideas, Power, and Terror in Inter-War Russia' with ISBN 9780199245130 and ISBN 0199245134.