About this title: When "The Great Terror" was first published in 1968, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most important books ever written about the Soviet Union. Now, in this revised and updated edition, Robert Conquest uses fresh and dramatic material, which has only recently become available, to give further depth and breadth to his history of the momentous years between 1934 and 1939, when millions of people died in Stalin's purges. His reassessment of its significance confirms the Terror as one of the most tragic and far-reaching human and political issues of our time.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195055801ISBN:0195055802
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195071320ISBN:0195071328
Description: Very Good. Unread publisher overstock copy! ! Pages are crisp and clean! Remainder mark on one end. Very light shelf wear to cover. Orders shipped next business day. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780195071320ISBN:0195071328
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 584 p. Audience: General/trade. New edition. Trade paper. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1991-11-21
ISBN-13:9780195071320ISBN:0195071328
Description: Good. Tight Binding, Has Spine Creases, No Writing Or Highlighting, Phone Number Written & Corner Torn Of End Page Inside Front Cover, Visible Wear To Cover And Corners. GREAT BUY. read more
Edition: 40th anniversary
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195317008ISBN:0195317009
Description: Fine. 0195317009 Ships next business day. **40th Anniversary Edition** NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small blue OUP stamp on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195071320ISBN:0195071328
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; "The classic work on Stalinism--now available in a major revision using new evidence from Glasnost. " The interior is clean, binding is good, there is some rubbing and wear to the cover. read more
Description: Like New. Oxford University Press, TPB, 1990, 1st PB printing. Appears never read, clean, tight binding, no markings or highlighting, minimal shelf wear. read more
Description: Very Good. 0195071328 Very Good Condition and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! -Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing-Small black line on the bottom/exterior edge of pages. Light shelf wear to cover from storage; cover has a dent/crease. read more
Description: Macmillan, 1969. 633 pages. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Photos. Notes, bibliography, appendices. Index. Very Good in Good dustjacket. Jacket has tiny edge tears rear, small pieces missing top spine corners along the top and bottom edges, moderately faded along the spine. Bright, solid and clean; no names or marks. In protective mylar. ISBN: 0195055802 As the great Russian anarchist, and Marx's nemesis, put it: 'Freedom without Socialism is privilege and injustice, and Socialism without freedom is ... read more
Description: Macmillan, 1969. 633 pages. 4th printing. Hardcover. Photos. Notes, bibliography, appendices. Index. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Small light damp stain top of text block, tiny name on front endpaper. Jacket has tiny tears along the top and bottom edges, lightly faded along the spine. Bright, solid and clean. In protective mylar. ISBN: 0195055802 As the great Russian anarchist, and Marx's nemesis, put it: 'Freedom without Socialism is privilege and injustice, and Socialism without freedom ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2007-11-15
ISBN-13:9780195317008ISBN:0195317009
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780195317008. read more
Description: Very Good. 0195316991 Very Good and Unread! ** 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION ** Text is clean and unmarked! Has a publishers mark. Has minor shelf wear (slightly bruised corners) from storage. --Be Sure to Compare Seller Engine Feedback and Ratings Before Purchasing-- read more
Description: Good. 0195316991 **40th Anniversary Edition** Good Condition and Unread! Text is clean and unmarked! Light shelf wear to cover from storage, small bruises/all pages have a small crease at top corner. --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has three small black lines on bottom/exterior edge of pages. read more
Edition: Revised
Binding: First
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195055801ISBN:0195055802
Description: very good, very good. 570, notes, bibliography, index, some foxing to fore-edge. A new edition of Conquest's classic work on The Great Terror, which draws on official sources now available with the advent of glasnost. The definitive work on Stalin's purges. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford U.P., New York, NY
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195055801ISBN:0195055802
Description: Fine/Fine. W/Dust Jacket 570pgs(Index) Clean, tight & bright. No ink names, tears, chips, foxing etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0195055802. Unclipped. DJ in plastic protective wrapper. Rest of book in Very Fine Almost New condition. ISBN 0195055802. read more
Binding: Spoken Word MP3-CD
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc
Date Published: 2008-12-01
ISBN-13:9781433258022ISBN:1433258021
Description: NEW. Spoken Word MP3-CD. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781433258022. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780195055801ISBN:0195055802
Description: Like New in Like New jacket. Hardcover with dustcover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dustcover shows minor wear. Edging is slightly soiled. Previous owner's stamp on inside cover. The definitive work on Stalin's purges... read more
"The numbers involved are numbing.. millions executed, millions in labor camps.. I can't rightly get my mind around it. It's like thinking about the national debt. I kept trying to put it in context. Say if half the town I live in were "purged"... Still hard to grasp, and I live in a small town. The author is reputable and the facts seem well established at this point. What a sorrow for the Russian people. One aspect of the book I found difficult to overcome was the way the author jumped forward and back in time. He had his reasons, following specific aspects of Stalin's evolution or actions in certain areas of government, or sometimes just giving the background on a newly introduced (and likely soon to be repressed) individual, but I found myself getting lost frequently. "Oh, now we're back to before Kirov was murdered..." that sort of thing. There is a lot of important information here, I just wonder how much (beyond a sense of horror) I will retain. I am finding by other current read "Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar" a bit easier going. Perhaps I should have finished it first, but the up side is that I recognize the names and the story line is easier to follow now."
"Most everyone is aware of the tremendous breadth and brutality of Stalin's regime, but Robert Conquest's book really brings home the horrendous conditions and arbitrary nature power of the regime, as well as stultifying effect it had throughout the society. This is the first book I've read on the subject and it's a feast of detail, constantly thought provoking and well written with particularly appropriate and cutting indignation. I was kind of in a shocked but fascinated stupor for much of this cook. I am left with more questions in than answers. How could one man destroy every single person with any shred of independent thought, in any position of power, in the entire country without a massive revolt? How can such iron-fisted control be maintained? How could such an insane economic system be maintained (Ukrainian famines due to forced collectivization killed 6 million right off the bat)? Can Stalinism/Marxist-Leninism at least be given credit for "modernizing" Russia? How did this government command any support in the West whatsoever? Conquest skewers Western 'intellectuals' who knew what was going on, but sought to rationalize/minimize it out of concern for, as Jean-Paul Sartre put it, "discouraging the proletariat." To me, it seems pretty basic that any government which won't let its people leave is totally antithetical to anything pretending to tolerance or openness. This, at least, everyone knew at the time, even allowing for convenient ignorance of 5% of the population being shot or slaving away in forced labor camps."
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