Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Great Terror
The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties
- Author
- Robert Conquest
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 584
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The book that established the scale of Stalin’s purges in the West, written decades before the archives opened and largely vindicated when they did.
Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- History