Noah Berlatsky

Stalin's Great Purge Noah Berlatsky

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- World Map -- Chapter 1. Historical Background on Stalin's Great Purge -- 1. Overview of the Great Purge / Hiroaki Kuromiya -- 2. Stalin's Five-Year Plan Created Hardship / Gareth Jones -- 3. Interrogations During the Purges Involved Torture / Bill James -- 4. Doctors Are Put on Trial for an Alleged Plot Pravda 5. Stalin's Successor Denounces Stalin and the Purges / Nikita Khrushchev -- Chapter 2. Controversies Surrounding Stalin's Great Purge -- 1. The Purge Was a Rational Response to Corruption in the Communist Party / Mario Sousa -- 2. The Purge Was a Means for Stalin to Ruthlessly Solidify Power / Rob Sewell -- 3. The Purge Was an Irrational Result of Stalin's Paranoia / Robert S. Robins, Jerrold M. Post -- 4. The Death Tolls of Stalin's Reign Are Underestimated / R. J. Rummel -- 5. The Death Tolls of Stalin's Reign Have Been Overestimated / Timothy Snyder -- 6. Stalin's Atrocities Were as Great as Hitler's / Ron Rosenbaum -- 7. Stalin Was Not as Evil as Hitler / Avishai Margalit -- 8. Stalin Remains Popular in Russia Today / Adrian Blomfield -- 9. Stalin Is Not Popular in Russia Today / Thomas Sherlock -- Chapter 3. Personal Narratives -- 1. Recalling Stalin's Soviet Russia / Owen Matthews -- 2. A Russian Remembers Childhood During Stalin's Terror / Nina Markovna -- 3. Nikita Khrushchev Decries Stalin and the Purges / Nikita Khrushchev -- 4. The Slansky Trial / George H. Hodos -- 5. A Young Russian Woman Remembers the Gulag / Tamara Petkevich -- Glossary -- Chronology -- For Further Reading -- Index. Publisher Marketing: This series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history; each book helps readers develop critical thinking skills, increase global awareness, and enhance their understanding of international perspectives about historic events.; This title provides historical background on Stalin's purges and explores controversies surrounding the purges. It offers first hand accounts from those who experienced the effects of Stalin's purges.; Using primary and secondary sources, each volume provides background information on a significant event in modern world history, presents the controversies surrounding the event, and offers first-person narratives from people who lived through or were imp Contributor Bio:  Berlatsky, Noah B01