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

Description: Agents of Terror by Alexander Vatlin, Seth Bernstein, Oleg Khlevniuk Reveals the brutal acts of local functionaries in Stalins Soviet Union that added up to more than a million citizen deaths in 1937-38. Spurred by ambition or fear, local secret police filled quotas for arresting "enemies of the people"--even when it meant fabricating evidence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the Great Terror of 1937–38 more than a million Soviet citizens were arrested or killed for political crimes they didnt 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 Terror reveals stunning, detailed evidence from archives available for a limited time in the 1990s. Going beyond the central figures of the terror, Vatlin takes readers into the offices and interrogation rooms of secret police at the district level. Spurred at times by ambition, and at times by fear for their own lives, agents rushed to fulfill quotas for arresting ""enemies of the people""—even when it meant fabricating the evidence. Vatlin pulls back the curtain on a Kafkaesque system, forcing readers to reassess notions of historical agency and moral responsibility in Stalin-era crimes. Author Biography Alexander Vatlin is a professor of history at Moscow State University. The author of many works in Russian, he is the editor of Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self Portraits.Seth Bernstein is assistant professor of history at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword by Oleg Khlevniuk Preface to the English-Language Edition Introduction to the English-Language Edition by Seth Bernstein List of Abbreviations Introduction: Why Kuntsevo? Setting the Stage Part I. Executors of Terror Part II. Patterns of Victimization Epilogue: New Kuntsevo Forgets the Past Notes Index Review Groundbreaking. In the first detailed description of Stalins mass terror, Vatlin unfolds the day-to-day working of the Soviet political police who carried out orders to select, arrest, interrogate, and often murder their fellow citizens. An absorbing, heartrending account."" - David Shearer, author of Policing Stalins Socialism""A sensationally significant, detailed microhistory of Stalins Great Terror, based on the criminal files of NKVD agents who were arrested as scapegoats at the end of the terror—what some historians have called the purge of the purgers."" - Lynne Viola Review Quote "Only a handful of case studies consider how the purges took place at the grassroots level. One can only hope that Agents of Terror will inspire more research on the purges perpetrators and victims as well as on the broader sociology of this brutal period." --David Brandenberger, author of Propaganda State in Crisis Promotional "Headline" Soviet perpetrators of state-sponsored violence, motivated by ambition, fear, and quotas Details ISBN0299310841 Author Oleg Khlevniuk Publisher University of Wisconsin Press ISBN-10 0299310841 ISBN-13 9780299310844 Format Paperback Imprint University of Wisconsin Press Subtitle Ordinary Men and Extraordinary Violence in Stalins Secret Police Place of Publication Wisconsin Country of Publication United States Edited by Seth Bernstein DEWEY 363.2830947 Illustrations 21 black & white illustrations Pages 206 Short Title Agents of Terror Language English Year 2018 AU Release Date 2018-07-03 NZ Release Date 2018-07-03 UK Release Date 2018-07-03 Publication Date 2018-07-30 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2018-07-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161890536;

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