Title: The Great Fear
Description: "Presents a new and original explanation of the Stalin's Terror based on intelligence materials in Russian archives. It shows how Soviet leaders developed a grossly exaggerated fear of conspiracy and foreign invasion and lashed out at enemies largely of their own making"--Back of jacket.
Subjects: Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953, Political persecution, State-sponsored terrorism, Soviet union, social conditions, Soviet union, history, Politics and government, Political violence