The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Purge And The Totalitarian System -- 2. The Purge As A Technique Of Totalitarian Government -- 3. The Soviet Concept Of The Purge -- 4. The Expansion And Evolution Of The Stalinist Purge, 1930-1936 -- 5. The Mass Purge And Terror Coalesce* The Violent Stage, I936-1938 -- 6. The Impact -- 7. The Safety Valves -- 8. The Delicate Stage, 1946-/952 -- 9. The Purge And The Struggle For The Stalinist Succession -- 10. Summary And Conclusion -- Appendix I. Some Important Dates In The History Of The Soviet Purges -- Appendix If. The 1937 Byelorussian And Caucasian Purges -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index Zbigniew K. Brzezinski. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.