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First publiished in 1968 to universal critical acclaim, this definitive account of Stalin's Terror is ...
'A harrowing story, told with great power and a wealth of detail.' Standard
Robert Conquest took his MA and D. Litt at Oxford University. Having held academic posts at various universities, including the London School of Economics and Columbia University, he is at present Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. As well as poetry, criticism, fiction and translation, Robert Conquest is the author of a number of works on Soviet themes, including the highly acclaimed The Great Terror and Harvest of Sorrow.
First publiished in 1968 to universal critical acclaim, this definitive account of Stalin's Terror is reissued with a new introduction which revists the book in light of glasnost.