The Soviet Counterinsurgency in the Western Borderlands
"The Soviet Union's annexation of western borderlands at the end of World War II sparked fierce insurgencies against Soviet rule, especially in western Ukraine and the Baltic states. Alexander Statiev draws extensively on Russian archival sources to provide a detailed, insightful account of the Soviet regime's counterinsurgency doctrine in those regions. No previous study in English has addressed this topic in such depth and such breadth. Even those who would challenge some of Statiev's conclusions and findings can be grateful for the immense amount of research he has done." - Mark Kramer, Harvard University"One of the most obscure aspects of Soviet history has long been the violent pacification of the Soviet borderlands after the end of World War II. Professor Statiev has for the first time produced a strikingly original, honest, and comprehensive account of that hidden history. Free of polemic and prejudice, his account will become the standard work." - Richard Overy, University of Exeter"Statiev's book provides an insightful and meticulous look at the postwar counterinsurgency campaigns in the Soviet Union's western borderlands, shedding new light on the ruthless struggle for control from the Baltics to Ukraine." - Dave Stone, Kansas State University"...Statiev has certainly produced a work that is both a valuable contribution to the literature on Soviet nationalities policy and counterinsurgency, and one that should provide material of interest to a wide academic audience." -Alexander Hill, Canadian Slavonic Papers