Enemies Within the Gates? : The Comintern and the Stalinist Repression, 1934-1939

by William J. Chase; Russian documents translated by Vadim A. Staklo

• ISBN13: 9780300082425
• ISBN10: 0300082428
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-12-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This work of documentary history tells a story of idealism betrayed, a story of how the Comintern (Communist International), an organization established by Lenin in 1919 to direct and assist revolutionary movements throughout the world, participated in and was ultimately destroyed by the Stalinist repression in the late 1930s. Presenting and drawing on recently declassified archival documents, William J. Chase analyzes the Comintern's roles as agent, instrument, and victim of terror.

Author Biography

William J. Chase is professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on the Documents
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chronology
Introduction	p. 1
The Comintern	p. 10
The Kirov Murder and the Call for Vigilance	p. 37
The Search for "Hostile Elements" and "Suspicious" Foreigners	p. 102
Campaigns Converge, Anxieties Deepen	p. 146
The Victims of Vigilance	p. 217
The Consequences of Vigilance	p. 293
Case Studies	p. 326
Fear, Obedience, Belief, and Repression	p. 404
Notes	p. 423
Biographical Sketches	p. 473
Index of Documents	p. 501
General Index	p. 507
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