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Inventing the enemy : denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia / Wendy Z. Goldman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldman, Wendy Z., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--Purges--History.
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.
- Political purges--Social aspects--Soviet Union--History.
- Political purges.
- Political culture--Soviet Union--History.
- Political culture.
- State-sponsored terrorism--Social aspects--Soviet Union--History.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Working class--Soviet Union--History.
- Working class.
- Interpersonal relations--Soviet Union--History.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Factories--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--History.
- Factories.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions--1917-1945.
- Moscow (Russia)--Social conditions.
- Moscow (Russia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Inventing the Enemy uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behaviour of ordinary people during Stalin's terror. Communist Party leaders strongly encouraged ordinary citizens and party members to 'unmask the hidden enemy' and people responded by flooding the secret police and local authorities with accusations. By 1937, every workplace was convulsed by hyper-vigilance, intense suspicion and the hunt for hidden enemies. Spouses, co-workers, 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. Workplaces were turned into snake pits. The strategies that people used to protect themselves - naming names, pre-emptive denunciations, and shifting blame - all helped to spread the terror. Inventing the Enemy, a history of the terror in five Moscow factories, explores personal relationships and individual behaviour within a pervasive political culture of 'enemy hunting'.
- Contents:
- The terror : a short political primer
- Comrades and coworkers
- Family secrets
- Love, loyalty, and betrayal
- The final paroxysm
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613298485
- 9781107213951
- 1107213959
- 9781283298483
- 1283298481
- 9781139122979
- 1139122975
- 9780511994906
- 0511994907
- 9781139117234
- 1139117238
- 9781139127899
- 1139127896
- 9781139112871
- 1139112872
- 9781139115063
- 1139115065
- OCLC:
- 769341793
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb32357 hdl
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