Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments ix
3. Contents xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Purge and the Totalitarian System 12
6. 2. The Purge as a Technique of Totalitarian Government 25
7. 3. The Soviet Concept of the Purge 38
8. 4. The Expansion and Evolution of the Stalinist Purge, 1930-1936 49
9. 5. The Mass Purge and Terror Coalesce* The Violent Stage, I936-1938 65
10. 6. The Impact 98
11. 7. The Safety Valves 116
12. 8. The Delicate Stage, 1946-/952 132
13. 9. The Purge and the Struggle for the Stalinist Succession 151
14. 10. Summary and Conclusion 168
15. Appendix I. Some Important Dates in the History of the Soviet Purges 177
16. Appendix If. The 1937 Byelorussian and Caucasian Purges 180
17. Bibliography 191
18. Notes 201
19. Index 249