The Great Terror
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The Great Terror
| Full title | The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Conquest |
| Published | 1968 |
| Pages | 584 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Robert Conquest’s history of Stalin’s purges of the 1930s — the book that established their scale in the West, written decades before the archives opened and largely vindicated when they did. |
Where I heard about it
- @typesfast’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- History
What links here
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