{"product_id":"let-history-judge-the-origins-and-consequences-of-stalinism-paperback","title":"Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy A. Medvedev\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Shriver\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive and revealing investigation of Stalinism and political developments in the Soviet Union from 1922-1953, this edition is an extensively revised and expanded version of a classic work. The internationally known historian Roy Medvedev has included more than one-hundred new interviews, unpublished memoirs, and archives from survivors of Stalin's death camps. This updated version of a classic work was written during a time of great change in the Soviet Union. With the advent of \u003ci\u003eperestroika\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eglasnost, \u003c\/i\u003e more progressive leadership has sought to demolish the Stalinist system which had finally crippled the Soviet Union and incited public discontent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet History Judge\u003c\/i\u003e contains new material on purges in 1929-1931 and terror against the peasantry; the Kirov assasination and show trials; the \"great terror\" from 1936-1938, which caused irreparable damage to the Soviet Union and left it vulnerable for Hilter's attack in 1941; the trial of Bukharin; Trotsky's revolutionary activity and Stalin's involvement with his murder in Mexico; Stalin's miscalculations and errors during the war, which cost the Soviet Union nearly 25 million in casualties; new purges from 1946-1953; and the actual vote of the Seventeenth Congress, which decided Stalin's candidacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the first edition was finished by the author in 1969 and published in 1971, dozens of new informants have come forward to give their evidence to Roy Medvedev. Distinguished Soviet literary, cultural, and political figures like the late Alexander Twardovsky, Ilja Ehrenburg, Konstantin Simonov, Yuri Trifono, Mikhail Romm and many others have accumulated documentary records of Stalinism in anticipation of an expanded version.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Medvedev is a prominent and highly respected Soviet historian of international reputation. His books include \u003ci\u003eOn Soviet Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe October Revolution, \u003c\/i\u003e (published by Columbia University Press). He has had articles published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The New York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDissent.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 891\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.73 x 9.16 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45301758558310,"sku":"9780231063517","price":100.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YjlJcUpLdkNGamVqM3VHOHRIZGxmUT09.webp?v=1773964893","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/let-history-judge-the-origins-and-consequences-of-stalinism-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}