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Inventing the enemy : denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia
- Title
- Inventing the enemy : denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia / Wendy Z. Goldman.
- Author
- Goldman, Wendy Z.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 320 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Ordinary people and the Stalinist terror uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behavior of ordinary people during Stalin's terror. Communist Party leaders targeted specific groups for arrest, but also strongly encouraged ordinary citizens and party members to "unmask the hidden enemy." People responded by flooding the secret police and local authorities with accusations. By 1937, every work place was convulsed by hyper-vigilance, intense suspicion, and the hunt for hidden enemies. Spouses, coworkers, friends, and relatives disavowed and denounced each other. People confronted hideous dilemmas. Forced to lie to protect loved ones, they struggled to reconcile political imperatives and personal loyalties. Work places were turned into snake pits. The strategies that people used to protect themselves--naming names, preemptive denunciations, and shifting blame--all helped to spread the terror. A history of the terror in five Moscow factories [that] explores personal relationships and individual behavior within a pervasive political culture of "enemy hunting.""--Provided by publisher.
- "This book explores the behavior of ordinary people during Stalin's terror, revealing the terrible dilemmas people confronted in their struggles to survive"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Kommunisticheska︠i︡a parti︠i︡a Sovetskogo So︠i︡uza Purges > History
- Interpersonal relations > Soviet Union > History
- Working class > Soviet Union > History
- Political purges > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History
- Political culture > Soviet Union > History
- Moscow (Russia) > Social conditions
- State-sponsored terrorism > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History
- Factories > Russia (Federation) > Moscow > History
- Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- Soviet Union > Social conditions > 1917-1945
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The terror : a short political primer -- Comrades and coworkers -- Family secrets -- Love, loyalty, and betrayal -- The final paroxysm -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-3448
- ISBN
- 9780521191968 (hardback)
- 0521191963 (hardback)
- 9780521145626 (pbk.)
- 0521145627 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011002164
- OCLC
- YBP 2011002164
- Author
- Goldman, Wendy Z.
- Title
- Inventing the enemy : denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia / Wendy Z. Goldman.
- Imprint
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-3448