The History of the Gulag: From Collectivization to the Great Terror"What a long, extraordinary process digging into the deepest secrets of the Gulag has been. Now, here is its history, fully, factually, and humanly effected for the present day by Oleg Khlevniuk."- Robert Conquest, from the forward Khlevniuk argues persuasively that the Stalinist penal camps created in the 1930s were essentially different from previous camps. He shows that political motivations and paranoia about potential enemies contributed no more to the expansion of the Gulag than the economic incentive of slave labor did. And he offers powerful evidence that the Great Terror was planned centrally and targeted against particular categories of the population. Khlevniuk makes a signal contribution to Soviet history with this exceptionally informed and balanced view of the Gulag. |
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The History of the Gulag: From Collectivization to the Great Terror Oleg V. Khlevniuk Limited preview - 2004 |
The History of the Gulag: From Collectivization to the Great Terror Oleg V. Khlevniuk No preview available - 1990 |