The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism

Zbigniew K. Brzezinski

Published by Harvard University Press 1956

The Permanent Purge

Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism

Zbigniew K. Brzezinski

Volume 20 in the series Russian Research Center Studies

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674732674

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Purge and the Totalitarian System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
2. The Purge as a Technique of Totalitarian Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. The Soviet Concept of the Purge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
4. The Expansion and Evolution of the Stalinist Purge, 1930-1936 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
5. The Mass Purge and Terror Coalesce* The Violent Stage, I936-1938 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
6. The Impact Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
7. The Safety Valves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. The Delicate Stage, 1946-/952 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
9. The Purge and the Struggle for the Stalinist Succession Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
10. Summary and Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Appendix I. Some Important Dates in the History of the Soviet Purges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Appendix If. The 1937 Byelorussian and Caucasian Purges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1956
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: Political purges.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674732674

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1956
ISBN: 9780674730472