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001 2011002164
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008 110114s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780521145626 (pbk.)
020 $a0521145627 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aDK268.4$b.G65 2011
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100 1 $aGoldman, Wendy Z.
245 10 $aInventing the enemy :$bdenunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia /$cWendy Z. Goldman.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $ax, 320 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Ordinary people and the Stalinist terror uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behavior of ordinary people during Stalin's terror. Communist Party leaders targeted specific groups for arrest, but also strongly encouraged ordinary citizens and party members to "unmask the hidden enemy." People responded by flooding the secret police and local authorities with accusations. By 1937, every work place was convulsed by hyper-vigilance, intense suspicion, and the hunt for hidden enemies. Spouses, coworkers, 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. Work places were turned into snake pits. The strategies that people used to protect themselves--naming names, preemptive denunciations, and shifting blame--all helped to spread the terror. A history of the terror in five Moscow factories [that] explores personal relationships and individual behavior within a pervasive political culture of "enemy hunting.""--Provided by publisher.
520 $a"This book explores the behavior of ordinary people during Stalin's terror, revealing the terrible dilemmas people confronted in their struggles to survive"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe terror : a short political primer -- Comrades and coworkers -- Family secrets -- Love, loyalty, and betrayal -- The final paroxysm -- Conclusion.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1936-1953.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xSocial conditions$y1917-1945.
650 0 $aPolitical purges$xSocial aspects$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
650 0 $aState-sponsored terrorism$xSocial aspects$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
610 20 $aKommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za$xPurges$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorking class$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
650 0 $aInterpersonal relations$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
650 0 $aFactories$zRussia (Federation)$zMoscow$xHistory.
651 0 $aMoscow (Russia)$xSocial conditions.