Inventing the enemy : denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia / / Wendy Z. Goldman [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Goldman Wendy Z.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 947.084/2
• Soggetto topico: Political purges - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History; Political culture - Soviet Union - History; State-sponsored terrorism - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History; Working class - Soviet Union - History; Interpersonal relations - Soviet Union - History; Factories - Russia (Federation) - Moscow - History
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953; Soviet Union Social conditions 1917-1945; Moscow (Russia) Social conditions
• Classificazione: HIS037070
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The terror : a short political primer -- Comrades and coworkers -- Family secrets -- Love, loyalty, and betrayal -- The final paroxysm -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Inventing the Enemy uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behaviour of ordinary people during Stalin's terror. Communist Party leaders strongly encouraged ordinary citizens and party members to 'unmask the hidden enemy' and people responded by flooding the secret police and local authorities with accusations. By 1937, every workplace was convulsed by hyper-vigilance, intense suspicion and the hunt for hidden enemies. Spouses, co-workers, 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. Workplaces were turned into snake pits. The strategies that people used to protect themselves - naming names, pre-emptive denunciations, and shifting blame - all helped to spread the terror. Inventing the Enemy, a history of the terror in five Moscow factories, explores personal relationships and individual behaviour within a pervasive political culture of 'enemy hunting'.
• Altri titoli varianti: Denunciation and terror in Stalin's Russia
• Titolo autorizzato: Inventing the enemy
• ISBN: 9780511994906; 1-107-21395-9; 1-283-29848-1; 1-139-12297-5; 9786613298485; 0-511-99490-7; 1-139-11723-8; 1-139-12789-6; 1-139-11287-2; 1-139-11506-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248280103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno